Taeju is an ordinary boy that lives with his older brother, Gunny, and his dog, Momo, in North Korea, in a small tent in the woods. Taeju always wanted to go to the south but he could only dream about it at the time. But when a close friend of Gunny, a soldier in the military, turns on him and kills him, Taeju and Momo try to leave the country and go to the democratic south. But it isn't easy and they are going to have to get a lot of help. Will Taeju and Momo make it? Or will they end up like most people that try to leave North Korea? Read this novel and find out Taeju is an ordinary boy...