The Aquariums of Pyongyang: Ten Years in the North Korean Gulag
Kang recounts his life as a boy growing up in Pyongyang during the Sixties after his Korean family returns to North Korea from their affluent lives in Japan. After Kang's grandfather is accused of high treason, Kang spends ten years of his life surviving in a remote labor camp or gulag. Kang was only nine years old when he was first imprisoned at the Yodok camp in 1977.
Culture/Community: Korean / Korean American
Heritage & History: Asian American/Pacific Islander Heritage and History
Themes for Middle Grade/YA: Coming of Age, Displacement, Grief and Death, Elections and Government, World History
Genre: Autobiography/Memoir
Audiobook: Yes
Age Level: Young Adult
Book Series: Personal Stories: Asian American / Pacific Islander
9780465011049