Forbidden City
by:
William Bell (author)
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...
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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.From the Trade Paperback edition.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780440226796 (0440226791)
ASIN: 440226791
Publish date: January 10th 1996
Publisher: Laurel Leaf
Pages no: 208
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Adventure,
Academic,
School,
Cultural,
Read For School,
Realistic Fiction,
Historical Fiction,
War,
Asia,
Canada,
China
For a book that is intended for someone younger than me I didn't expect it to be so raw and hard hitting. My younger brother's grade nine class is reading it and he liked it so much I had to check it out. It is a serious book and inspired a real political conversation out of a 14 year old boy who is...
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