Title: Forbidden City
First published: 1990
Description: This book is about a seventeen-year-old boy named Alex Jackson. He comes home from school with exciting news his father who is a CBC news cameraman asks him to join him for an assignment  to  explore China’s capital Beijing. .
Subjects: illegal, despartae, Historical fiction, Juvenile fiction, History, Children's fiction, Cities and towns, fiction, Adventure and adventurers, fiction
Places: China, Bejing
People: Alex Jackson, Ted Jackson, Mr. Lao Xu and Eddie Nowlan
Time periods: it takes place in 1989