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