Forbidden City by Bell, William (9780440226796)

Forbidden City

by Bell, William

Mass Market Paperbound - English

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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ADDITIONAL INFO

ISBN

0440226791

EAN

9780440226796

Publisher

DELL CHILDRENS INTL

Publication Date

10 Jan 1996

Pages

208

Age Group

12 to 999

Grades

07 to UP

Weight (kg)

0.10

Dimensions (cm)

17.8 x 10.9 x 1.5

Lexile Level

870

About Author

William Bell was born in Toronto in 1945 and went to school there until he graduated from the College of Education in 1970. Until 2002 he was a high school English teacher and department head in Ontario. Bell also taught at the Harbin University of Science and Technology, the Foreign Affairs College (both in China), and the University of British Columbia. He holds a Masters of Arts degree in Literature and a Master of Education degree.