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Lost in North Korea

Posted on March 7, 2018 Leave a Comment

Book Cover - Shadow of the Sun

Title: In the Shadow of the Sun
Author: Anne Sibley O’Brien
Format: Single book or audiobook
Audiobook narrator: Jackie Chung
Length: 8hrs 56min
Age group: 10+

North Korea has been in the news almost constantly. But other than alarming headlines, snippets of grim reports from defectors, and images of a strangely-coiffed dictator, what do we or our kids really know about this country, its history, its people?

In the Shadow of the Sun is a gripping adventure that lifts the curtain’s edge on one of the world’s most secretive nations. Read more…Lost in North Korea

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