Girl Named Faithful Plum The True Story of a Dancer from China and How She Achieved Her Dream

Name: Girl Named Faithful Plum The True Story of a Dancer from China and How She Achieved Her Dream
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ISBN: 9780375871580

ISBN-10: 0375871586

ISBN-13: 9780375871580

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Authors: Richard Bernstein

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In 1977, when Zhongmei Lei was eleven years old, she learned that the prestigious Beijing Dance Academy was having open auditions. She'd already taken dance lessons, but everyone said a poor country girl would never get into the academy, especially without any connections in the Communist Party of the 1970s. But Zhongmei, whose name means Faithful Plum, persisted, even going on a hunger strike, until her parents agreed to allow her to go. She traveled for three days and two nights to get to Beijing and eventually beat out 60,000 other girls for one of 12 coveted spots. But getting in was easy compared to staying in, as Zhongmei soon learned. Without those all-important connections she was…

Book details

List price: $13.50
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Publication date: 9/11/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 5.24" wide x 7.64" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 0.462
Language: English