A father who works with a non-profit to help provide North Korea with food takes his two kids on vacation to North Korea. He is falsely accused of something and arrested while they are in the middle of a bus tour in the countryside. His two kids are able to hide and get away. The book is the two of them a blond haired American teenage boy, and his South Korean adopted younger sister. It's about their relationship with each and with their parents. They make their way to the border to escape. Woven in every couple chapters is short - three page - look at the life of a North Korean each in a different position who sort of interacts with the Americans. It goes into some of the cultural and political traits of North Korea, but it ended up being more about siblings and fitting in. All in all, I say: READ IT but I'm not buying it for my students - not enough there.
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