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Freedom swimmer  Cover Image Book Book

Freedom swimmer / Wai Chim.

Chim, Wai, (author.).

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781338656138
  • ISBN: 1338656139
  • Physical Description: 236 pages ; 22 cm
  • Edition: First US edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Scholastic Press, [2021]

Content descriptions

Summary, etc.:
"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"-- Publisher's description.
Subject: Villages > Juvenile fiction.
Friendship > Juvenile fiction.
Liberty > Juvenile fiction.
Swimming > Juvenile fiction.
Communism > China > Juvenile fiction.
Young adult fiction.
China > Juvenile fiction.
Villages > Fiction.
Friendship > Fiction.
Freedom > Fiction.
Swimming > Fiction.
Communism > China > Fiction.
China > Fiction.
Genre: Young adult fiction.
Novels.

Available copies

  • 10 of 10 copies available at Bibliomation.
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Brookfield Library. (Show)

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 10 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Brookfield Library TEEN F/CHIM (Text) 34029153299432 Teen Fiction Available -
Burroughs-Saden Main - Bridgeport YA CHIM (Text) 34000151326436 Young Adult Fiction Available -
Easton Public Library YA CHIM, WAI (Text) 37777119033033 Young Adult Fiction Available -
Mark Twain Library Association - Redding YA Chim (Text) 33620152383366 Teen Fiction Available -
New Milford Public Library TZ CHIM (Text) 34021152971319 Teen Fiction Available -
North Branch - Bridgeport YA CHIM (Text) 34000151413200 Young Adult Fiction Available -
Slater Public Library - Griswold YA CHI (Text) 31252140644303 Young Adult Fiction Available -
Southbury Public Library TEEN 2. CHIM (Text) 34019152696886 Teen Fiction Available -
Weston Public Library J CHIM (Text) 34053152759063 Juvenile Fiction Available -
Woodbury Public Library TEEN FIC CHIM (Text) 34018152783454 Teen New Fiction Available -

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