Dancing to Freedom: The True Story of Mao’s Last Dancer
By Li Cunxin
Illustrators
Illustrated by Anne Spudvilas
Publisher
Walker
Imprint
Walker
ISBN
By Li Cunxin
9780802797780
Awards and Honors NCSS Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People 2009, BiographyDancing to Freedom: The True Story of Mao’s Last Dancer
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SKU
9780802797773J
"I was always hungry. At night we slept head to toe, crammed on a hard bed. . . . And my brothers and I were luckier than some in our village. We survived." Li Cunxin dreamed of seeing the world outside the small town in China where he was born. Then a group of government officials visited and offered him the chance to study ballet in Beijing. It was an opportunity he couldn't turn down, but it would mean leaving his family behind-ultimately, half a world behind. Historical note. Full-color ink, watercolor, and oil paintings.
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