Title: Little Leap Forward
First published: 2008
Description: In Communist China in 1966, eight-year-old Leap Forward learns about freedom while flying kites with his best friend, by trying to get a caged wild bird to sing, and through the music he is learning to play on a bamboo flute. Includes author's notes on his childhood in Beijing, life under Mao Zedong, and the Cultural Revolution.
Subjects: Communism, Freedom, Juvenile fiction, History, Friendship, Family life, Fiction, New York Times reviewed, Children's fiction, Friendship, fiction, Family life, fiction, Communism, fiction, China, fiction, Liberty, Families
LC classification: PZ7.Y89653 Lit 2008