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Dancing to freedom : the true story of Mao's last dancer Cover Image Book

Dancing to freedom : the true story of Mao's last dancer / Li Cunxin ; illustrated by Anne Spudvilas.

Li, Cunxin, 1961- (Author). Spudvilas, Anne, 1951- (illustrator.).

Summary:

Selected by Chairman Mao's officials from among millions of children to become a dancer, Li's new life began as he left his family behind. At the Beijing Dance Academy, days were long and difficult. Li's hard work was rewarded when he was chosen yet again, this time to travel to America.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0802797776
  • ISBN: 0802797784
  • ISBN: 9780802797773
  • ISBN: 9780802797780
  • Physical Description: 1 volume (unnumbered pages) : color illustrations ; 30 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Walker & Co., 2008.
  • Distributor: Distributed to the trade by Macmillan.

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General Note:
Reprint. Originally published: Australia : Penguin Group, 2007.
Target Audience Note:
AD680L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR LG 4.4 0.5 123729.
Lexile AD680L
Awards Note:
A Junior Library Guild selection

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Li, Cunxin, 1961- > Juvenile literature.
Ballet dancers > China > Biography.
Ballet dancers > China > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Defectors > China > Biography.
Defectors > China > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Genre:
Autobiographies.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library.

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