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Forbidden City

Name: Forbidden City
ISBN: 9780440226796

Mass Market

William Bell

Random House Children's Books · Paperback · January 10, 1996

Reading lane: Historical YA — Asia

Seventeen-year-old Alex Jackson comes home from school to find that his father, a CBC news cameraman, wants to take him to China's capital, Beijing.

Young Adult Fiction Young Adult Nonfiction historical girls

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Book Details

Authors: William Bell
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Published: January 10, 1996
Format: Paperback
Theme: Historical YA — Asia · Asia (YA)
Reading lane: Historical YA — Asia

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Historical YA — Asia
Asia (YA)
Violence & Trauma

About This Book

Seventeen-year-old Alex Jackson comes home from school to find that his father, a CBC news cameraman, wants to take him to China's capital, Beijing. Once there, Alex finds himself on his own in Tian An Men Square as desperate students fight the Chinese army for their freedom. Separated from his father and carrying illegal videotapes, Alex must trust the students to help him escape. Closely based on eyewitness accounts of the massacre in Beijing, Forbidden City is a powerful...

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