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.