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Author:

Chim, Wai, author.

Title:

Freedom swimmer / Wai Chim.

Edition:

First US edition.

Publisher:

Scholastic Press,

Copyright Date:

2021

Description:

236 pages ; 22 cm

Subject:

Young adult fiction.
Villages--Fiction.
Friendship--Fiction.
Liberty--Fiction.
Swimming--Fiction.
Communism--China--Fiction.
China--Fiction.

Summary:

"Ming survived the famine that killed his parents during China's "Great Leap Forward", and lives a hard but adequate life, working in the fields. When a group of city boys comes to the village as part of a Communist Party re-education program, Ming and his friends aren't sure what to make of the new arrivals...But despite his reservations, Ming befriends a charming city boy called Li. The two couldn't be more different, but slowly they form a bond over evening swims and shared dreams. But as the bitterness of life under the Party begins to take its toll on both boys, they begin to imagine the impossible: freedom"-- Publisher's description.

ISBN:

1338656139
9781338656138

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1224299836

Locations:

WCPC115 -- Alta Community Library (Alta)

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

OJPC027 -- Corning Public Library (Corning) — FIC YA CHI

3HSX245 -- Denison High School (Denison)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

ALPE516 -- Fairfield Public Library (Fairfield)

YCPD572 -- Hiawatha Public Library (Hiawatha)

UGPF911 -- Indianola Public Library (Indianola)