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Product ID:	9780141320861
Product Form:	Paperback / softback
Country of Manufacture:	GB
Title:	Mao's Last Dancer
Authors:	Author: Li Cunxin
Page Count:	352
Subjects:	Children’s / Teenage fiction: True stories told as fiction, True stories (Children's / Teenage), Interest age: from c 10 years
Description:	Select Guide Rating Tells the true story of a poor Chinese peasant boy who, plucked unsuspectingly at the age of ten from millions of others across the land to be trained as a ballet dancer, turned the situation to his advantage to become one of the world's greatest ballet stars. The true story of a poor Chinese peasant boy who, plucked unsuspectingly at the age of ten from millions of others across the land to be trained as a ballet dancer, turned the situation to his advantage to become one of the world''s greatest ballet stars. Simply told, with charm, humour and compassion and at times, great drama. His childhood, despite the terrible hardships, is drawn with love and affection and contrasts starkly with the seven lonely years of gruelling training at the Peking Dance Academy. At the age of l8, Li performs at the Houston Ballet school in the US, which leads to his dramatic defection. This is a condensed edition, specially for younger readers, and has an Afterword especially for children.
Imprint Name:	Penguin Books Ltd
Publisher Name:	Penguin Random House Children's UK
Country of Publication:	GB
Publishing Date:	2006-07-06

Weight	262 g
Dimensions	197 × 127 × 22 mm