Little Leap Forward : a boy in Beijing / by Guo Yue and Clare Farrow ; illustrated by Helen Cann.
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.
Record details
- ISBN: 1846861144
- ISBN: 9781846861147
- Physical Description: 126 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 21 cm
- Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : Barefoot Books, [2008]
- Copyright: ©2008
Content descriptions
- 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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