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Author Chim, Wai, author.

Title Freedom swimmer / Wai Chim.

Edition First US edition.
Publication Info. New York : Scholastic Press, 2021.
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b2094856~S1
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 Nichols Teen Fiction  TEEN CHIM    AVAILABLE
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Description 236 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Note "A powerful story of friendship, bravery, and a desperate bid for liberty"--Cover.
Originally published: in Australia by Allen & Unwin, 2016.
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"-- Book jacket.
Subject Villages -- Juvenile fiction.
Friendship -- Juvenile fiction.
Liberty -- Juvenile fiction.
Swimming -- Juvenile fiction.
Communism -- China -- Juvenile fiction.
China -- Juvenile fiction.
Genre Young adult fiction.
Teen fiction.
Young adult fiction.
ISBN 9781338656138 (hardcover)
1338656139 (hardcover)
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