Little Leap Forward: A Boy in Beijing

Title

Little Leap Forward: A Boy in Beijing

Subject

China -- History -- 1949-1976 -- Juvenile fiction. China -- History -- 1949-1976 -- Fiction. Freedom -- Fiction. Friendship -- Fiction. Family life -- China -- Fiction. Communism -- Fiction.

Description

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.

Creator

Yue, Guo

Publisher

Barefoot Books

Date

2008

Type

PZ7 .Y89653 Lit

Identifier

2003.500.4170

Collection