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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.
Title
Little Leap Forward: A Boy in Beijing
Author
Yue, Guo
Publisher
Barefoot Books
Date
2008
Object ID
2003.500.4170