Mao's last dancer /
Li, Cunxin, 1961-
Mao's last dancer / Li Cunxin. - Young readers' edition. - xiv, 290 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 21 cm
First published in Australia in 2003 by Penguin Books Australia.
My childhood -- Beijing -- The West.
Chosen from millions of children to serve in Mao's cultural revolution by studying at the Beijing Dance Academy, Li knew ballet would be his family's best opportunity to escape the bitter poverty in his rural China home. From one hardship to another, Li persevered, never forgetting the family he left behind.
A Junior Library Guild selection
0802797792 9780802797797
Junior Library Guild http://www.juniorlibraryguild.com
2008006104
Li, Cunxin, 1961-
Ballet dancers--China--Biography--Juvenile literature
Defectors--China--Biography--Juvenile literature
GV1785.L475 / A3 2008b
792.8028092
Mao's last dancer / Li Cunxin. - Young readers' edition. - xiv, 290 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 21 cm
First published in Australia in 2003 by Penguin Books Australia.
My childhood -- Beijing -- The West.
Chosen from millions of children to serve in Mao's cultural revolution by studying at the Beijing Dance Academy, Li knew ballet would be his family's best opportunity to escape the bitter poverty in his rural China home. From one hardship to another, Li persevered, never forgetting the family he left behind.
A Junior Library Guild selection
0802797792 9780802797797
Junior Library Guild http://www.juniorlibraryguild.com
2008006104
Li, Cunxin, 1961-
Ballet dancers--China--Biography--Juvenile literature
Defectors--China--Biography--Juvenile literature
GV1785.L475 / A3 2008b
792.8028092