Bibliograph

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

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

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

novels

Main title

Little Leap Forward

Responsibility statement

by Guo Yue and Clare Farrow ; illustrated by Helen Cann

Sub title

a boy in Beijing

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

Target audience

pre adolescent

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