Can two children escape North Korea on their own?North Korea. December, 1950.Twelve-year-old Sora and her family live under an iron set of rules: No travel without a permit. No criticism of the govern
改編脫北者的真實故事。韓戰爆發,對在北韓的Sora一家人來說正是逃往南韓的最佳時機,面對嚴寒、邊界重重警戒,也不能放棄。一場爆炸使Sora倆姐弟與家人分散,年僅12歲的她該如何帶著弟弟橫跨數百公里,穿越38度線?With war looming on the horizon and winter setting in, can two children escape North Korea on their own? Winner of the Freeman Book Award!North Korea. December, 1950. Twelve-year-old Sora and her family live under an iron set of rules: No travel without a permit. No criticism of the government. No absences from Communist meetings. Wear red. Hang pictures of the Great Leader. Don't trust your neighbors. Don't speak your mind. You are being watched. But war is coming, war between North and South Korea, between the Soviets and the Americans. War causes chaos--and war is the perfect time to escape. The plan is simple: Sora and her family will walk hundreds of miles to the South Korean city of Busan from their tiny mountain village. They just need to avoid napalm, frostbite, border guards, and enemy soldiers. But they can't. And when an incendiary bombing changes everything,