Summary of Blaine Harden's Escape from Camp 14

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 Shin’s mother was a prisoner in Camp 14. She was required to work all day, and if she met her daily work quota, she could bring home food for that night and the following day. Shin took as much food as he could from her, since he didn’t know that she was also required to bring him food. #2 In North Korea, marriage was a way for prisoners to escape their sentence, and it was often used as a reward for good work. For prisoners’ children, however, the experience was often marred by their parents’ interactions with guards, who taught them that they were prisoners because of the sins of their parents. #3 When Shin was ten, he went to see his mother at the rice farm. He watched as she had sex with a guard. He never asked his mother about what he saw, and never mentioned it to his father. #4 North Korea’s food problem is not limited to just the labor camps. It has stunted the bodies of millions across the country. The country needs to produce more than five million tons of rice and cereal grain to feed its twenty-three million people, but it rarely produces enough.