Little Leap Forward : : a boy in Beijing
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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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PUBLISHED
Cambridge, MA : Barefoot Books, 2008.
Year Published: 2008
Description: 126 p.
Language: English
Format: Book
READING LEVEL
Lexile: 810
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781846861147 (hardcover : alk. paper)
1846861144 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Farrow, Clare.
Cann, Helen, 1969-
SUBJECTS
Freedom -- Fiction.
Family life -- China -- Fiction.
Communism -- Fiction.
China -- History -- 1949-1976 -- Fiction.