Two children in North Korea share their separate stories of pain, fear, and torment. Their lives are joined when Myungee saves Yunho from doing something that could place his life in peril. Even though they go separate ways that day, they encounter each other in China, from which they eventually escape to the United States.
This graphic novel reveals the horrors of communism, especially in North Korea and also what refugees must endure.
Although God and His love are given as a source of hope, the book focuses mostly on their lives in North Korea, their escape, and integration into the U.S. Some of the people who help them escape are Christians. It appears from a quick online search that the author is a Christian.
The artwork is powerful and expressive.
*Highly recommend for junior high and older. See warnings.
Warnings/discuss: communism, government torture, cruelty, oppression The artist describes herself as trans nonbinary in her biography on the book jacket. None of her lifestyle choices is promoted or displayed in her artwork for this novel.
-Borrowed from the library.
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