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001 on1224299836
003 OCoLC
005 20211229123609.0
008 201127s2021 nyu d 000 1 eng d
040 _aYDX
_beng
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019 _a1280410960
020 _a9781338656138
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020 _a1338656139
_q(hardcover)
035 _a(OCoLC)1224299836
_z(OCoLC)1280410960
043 _aa-cc---
092 _aCHIM,
_bWAI
049 _aNFGA
100 1 _aChim, Wai,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aFreedom swimmer /
_cWai Chim.
250 _aFirst US edition.
264 1 _aNew York :
_bScholastic Press,
_c[2021]
264 4 _c©2021
300 _a236 pages ;
_c22 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
520 _a"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"--
_cPublisher's description.
650 0 _aLiberty
_vFiction.
_995781
650 0 _aVillages
_vFiction.
_953520
650 0 _aFriendship
_vFiction.
650 0 _aSwimming
_vFiction.
_913140
650 0 _aCommunism
_zChina
_vFiction.
_9274284
651 0 _aChina
_vFiction.
_955521
655 0 _aYoung adult fiction.
_91728
655 7 _aNovels.
_2lcgft
_92408
994 _aC0
_bNFG
999 _c339898
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