Freedom Swimmer

Author: Wai Chim

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Price : $16.98 AUD
ISBN : 9781760113414
Publisher : A&U Children's
Imprint : A & U Children
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Weight (g) : 246.0
Publication date : August 2016
Dimensions : 198mm X 128mm
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Description

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 with his fellow villagers...When a group of city boys come to the village as part of a government re-education program, Ming and his friends aren't sure what to make of the new arrivals. They're intellectuals not used to hard labour and village life. 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 dreamlike discussions...But as the bitterness of life under the Party begins to take its toll on both boys, they begin to imagine the impossible: freedom.

Awards

Short-listed for Younger Readers 2017 (Australia). Long-listed for CBCA Book of the Year 2017 (Australia).

Author description

Wai was born in New York City. Although her parents didn't speak much English, Wai harboured a passion for books from a very young age, sneaking stories into bed to read well into the night...Wai graduated from Duke University with majors in Economics and English. After graduation Wai moved to Japan, where she spent over a year teaching English...She has lived in Australia for ten years, enjoying the sun and pursuing her passion for writing...Wai Chim is also the author of a junior fiction series called Chook Chook...

Acknowledgement of country

The Bundjalung of Byron Bay Arakwal People have lived in the coastal landscape around Byron Bay for at least 22,000 years.We acknowledge and show respect for the original people on the land on which we are based. We respectfully acknowledge the ancient cultural presence in the Australian landscape by First Nation peoples and their ongoing traditional and spiritual custodianship of the marine areas, beaches, bush, rivers, lakes and mountains.