Camp Middleton: A Short Story

“I was at the old house, you know the one in the meadow where I was found, right?”

“WayWay!,” Jesse said loud, trying to not shout in case he woke the residents up. He scuttled down the path after his brother, who was determined to knock on this door. Up the rickety porch steps he went, it creaked and crackled under his weight.

"Don't worry. Everything will be fine." I assured her as a bend to whisper in her ear. I pray my words of comfort are correct.

He picks up the pace even further and waves as he passes the blacksmith’s hut and then he is gone kicking up dust as he dashes past the barn almost to the kitchen when…

A scream starts in my gut-I can feel the cut, smell the dirt, leaves in my hair” (81). Soon after these thoughts, Melinda faints and falls to the floor. She faints because

“Where are we? The last thing I remember was your bulldog’s barking and footsteps. Wait! That means that other people have escaped the force fields! But why would they kidnap us? And I remember something about being watched…Right! I‘ve been meaning to ask you. You knew we were being watched, but you didn’t tell me about it, why?" she asked, trying to piece together the fragments of memories

“We’re glad you’re safe though, buddy. You had us all worried there.” Hunk adds on from next to him, a warm presence that wraps around him pleasantly.

In a gripping tale of the horrors that take place in the labor camps of North Korea, Escape from Camp 14 by Blaine Harden retells Shin Dong-hyuk's life in Camp 14 and his miraculous escape. Unlike others who managed to escape North Korea, Shin is the first to have been born inside of one of the concentration camps. Since he grew up inside the camp, Shin was never exposed to any of the North Korean propaganda. The book follows Shin’s entire life up to the time of publication, starting with his time in the camp, then his escape, and finally his life after arriving in South Korea.

This book follows the varied military experiences of fourteen German soldiers captured during the campaigns in North Africa and Europe, and then sitting out the remainder of the war as POWs in California. It is a firsthand account of life as a POW at Camp Cooke and the lasting impression it had on the

Today must be the most life changing day of my life. I now know what had really happened in concentration camps. Prior to today I thought concentration camps were places of worship for the Jews, but no. I have literally seen hell. I don’t think I will ever be able to live life with the same mentality again. Today is the most horrific day of my life.

Blaine Harden’s Escape from Camp 14 tells the saddening yet hopeful story of Shin In Geun, A North Korean man who has been locked in Camp 14, one of Korea's most horrific prison and labor camps. Harden tells the story through the facts Shin gives him, while stating facts and goes more in depth and explains why this may have happened or how certain events may have happened. The book keeps you interested, as its words transfer the images of the traumatizing experiences of Shin, explaining things such as how he watched his mother and brother executed in front of him as a child, and how he was savagely beat multiple times by guards for little things such as picking berries so he wouldn’t die of starvation. All of the stories Shin shares in

It was a bloody, brain-splattered mess of a killing, a spectacle that sickened and frightened Shin, but he believed that it was well deserved. Escape From Camp 14 written by Blaine Harden is the account of one man’s remarkable odyssey from North Korea to freedom in the West. Raised in a prison camp fighting to survive, Shin is challenged both physically and mentally to escape and make a living. Shin Dong-hyuk is the only person that is known about who was able to escape from one of North Korea's concentration camps and later spread his life story and news about the high security “secret” concentration camps to the world. He was born in a concentration camp because his father and mother got married inside the camp as a prize for their obedience and hard work.

Something breezes against her arm and she pulls away, her breath caught in her throat. She opens her eyes, turns her head and, chest heaving, sees Chloe staring at her; sees her violent blue eyes,

Angela wasn’t ready for the sight of her baby sister hanging from the joists like a piece of meat on a hook. For a moment, all she could do was tremble and feel the hot tears run down her face. When she screamed, people all down Walsh and Bishop turned on their lights and looked to see what could have cause that sound. It was the sound of pure hurt and

because of the love of a baby. Tommy Luck was known as "The Luck of