Mao's Last Dancer

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.

ISBN:	9780141320861
Publisher:	Penguin Random House Children's UK
Imprint:	Penguin Books
Published date:	06 Jul 2006
DEWEY:	792.8092
DEWEY edition:	22
Language:	English
Number of pages:	333
Weight:	258g
Height:	197mm
Width:	127mm
Spine width:	22mm

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