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Forbidden City (Laurel Leaf Books)

by William Bell

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Seventeen-year-old Alex Jackson comes home from school to find that his father, a CBC news cameraman, wants to take him to China's capital, Beijing. Once there, Alex finds himself on his own in Tian An Men Square as desperate students fight the Chinese army for their freedom. Separated from his father and carrying illegal videotapes, Alex must trust the students to help him escape.Closely based on eyewitness accounts of the massacre in Beijing, Forbidden City is a powerful and frightening story.

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Contemporary adventure story about a teenage Canadian boy and his father swept up in the recent student revolt in China.
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I loved this book it was great and i couldn't put it down until it was done i could really relate to alex considering i live in toronto as well :)
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780440226796
Author:
Bell, William
Publisher:
Laurel Leaf Library
Location:
New York :
Subject:
Fiction
Subject:
History
Subject:
China
Subject:
Cities and towns
Subject:
Historical - General
Subject:
Children's 12-Up - Fiction - History
Subject:
Historical - Asia
Subject:
China History Tiananmen Square Incident, 1989 Fiction.
Subject:
China - History - T
Copyright:
c199
Series:
Laurel-Leaf Books
Series Volume:
1
Publication Date:
January 1996
Binding:
Mass Market Paperbound
Grade Level:
RL: 6.0.
Language:
English
Pages:
208
Dimensions:
7.00x4.28x.58 in. .23 lbs.
Age Level:
12-17
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