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Little Leap Forward : a boy in Beijing Cover Image Book

Little Leap Forward : a boy in Beijing / by Guo Yue and Clare Farrow ; illustrated by Helen Cann.

Yue, Guo, 1958- (Author). Cann, Helen, 1969- (illustrator.). Farrow, Clare, (author.).

Summary:

In Communist China in 1966, eight-year-old Leap Forward learns about freedom while flying kites with his best friend, by trying to get a caged wild bird to sing, and through the music he is learning to play on a bamboo flute. Includes author's notes on his childhood in Beijing, life under Mao Zedong, and the Cultural Revolution.

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  • ISBN: 1846861144
  • ISBN: 9781846861147
  • Physical Description: 126 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 21 cm
  • Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : Barefoot Books, [2008]

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Target Audience Note:
810L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR MG 5.2 2 124730.
Awards Note:
A Junior Library Guild selection

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Communism > Juvenile fiction.
Families > China > Juvenile fiction.
Friendship > Juvenile fiction.
Liberty > Juvenile fiction.
Friendships.
China > History > 1949-1976 > Juvenile fiction.
Genre:
Novels.

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