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Forbidden City : A Novel
Paperback Edition: 1999
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 and frightening story.
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Pages : 208
Publisher : Bantam
Publication date : 1999-05-01
Subjects: Fiction, Published in the USA, Children's & Young Adult, Contemporary, Children's & Young Adult Fiction, Historical Fiction, General Fiction (Children's / Young Adult)