In the Shadow of the Sun

by O'Brien, Anne Sibley

• ISBN13: 9780545905749
• ISBN10: 0545905745
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2017-06-27
• Publisher: Arthur A. Levine Books

Summary

Hatchet in North Korea: A sister and brother go on the run with explosive forbidden photographs in this gripping and timely survival adventure.

North Korea is known as the most repressive country on Earth, with a dictatorial leader, a starving population, and harsh punishment for rebellion.Not the best place for a family vacation.Yet that's exactly where Mia Andrews finds herself, on a tour with her aid-worker father and fractious older brother, Simon. Mia was adopted from South Korea as a baby, and the trip raises tough questions about where she really belongs. Then her dad is arrested for spying, just as forbidden photographs of North Korean slave-labor camps fall into Mia's hands. The only way to save Dad: get the pictures out of the country. Thus Mia and Simon set off on a harrowing journey to the border, without food, money, or shelter, in a land where anyone who sees them might turn them in, and getting caught could mean prison -- or worse.An exciting adventure that offers a rare glimpse into a compelling, complicated nation, In the Shadow of the Sun is an unforgettable novel of courage and survival.

Author Biography

Anne Sibley O'Brien was raised bilingual and bicultural in South Korea as the daughter of medical missionaries. She has written or illustrated thirty-one picture books, and is a frequent speaker in K-12 classrooms across the country and in international schools around the world. In the Shadow of the Sun is her first novel. She lives in Peaks Island, Maine. She can be found on the web at her blog, Coloring Between the Lines, at www.coloringbetween.blogspot.com; her website, annesibleyobrien.com; and on Twitter at @DiverseKdzBooks.