Little Leap Forward: A Boy in Beijing

Experience this coming-of-age tale that brings to life the time of the Cultural Revolution. A young boy growing up in the hutongs of China in the 1960’s discovers the heartache of loving and having to let go when he captures a bird, only to discover that she will not sing in confinement. Part of our new Illustrated Reading Series, designed to make reading alone a pleasure for early, confident and advanced readers. This title, for advanced readers, presents the best of classic and contemporary writing to captivate readers of all ages.
Little Leap Forward offers children an intimate and immediate account of a child s experiences as Mao Tse Tung s Great Leap Forward policy tightens its grips on China. A chapter book AGES 9-12