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Freedom Swimmer Paperback – 24 August 2016

by Wai Chim (Author)
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This incredible tale about two boys' swim from mainland China to Hong Kong in search of freedom from poverty and oppression is inspired by a true story.

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.

When a group of city boys comes to the village as part of a Communist Party re-education program, Ming and his friends aren't sure what to make of the new arrivals. They're 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 shared dreams.

But as the bitterness of life under the Party begins to take its toll on both boys, they begin to imagine the impossible: freedom.
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    11 - 14 years
  2. Print length
    272 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Dimensions
    12.9 x 2.3 x 20 cm
  5. Publisher
    A & U Children
  6. Publication date
    24 August 2016
  7. ISBN-10
    1760113417
  8. ISBN-13
    978-1760113414
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About the Author

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.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ A & U Children; 1st edition (24 August 2016)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 272 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1760113417
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1760113414
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 11 - 14 years
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 12.9 x 2.3 x 20 cm
  • Customer Reviews:
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Thanks for visiting. I'm a children's author originally from New York City and now living in Sydney. My first book, Chook Chook: Mei's Secret Pets was published by the University of Queensland Press in 2012. It's about a little girl and her dancing chickens and the crazy hi jinks they get up to!

I love talking about writing, reading and anything creative. I also LOVE food! Please drop me a note and say hi!

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Wai

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5.0 out of 5 stars A heart-rending story set in real-life dystopian history of China’s cultural revolution
Reviewed in Australia on 27 June 2018
“A heart-rending story set in real-life dystopian history of China’s cultural revolution. A story of friendship, hope, and freedom… I have thoroughly enjoyed reading Freedom Swimmer, I was attracted to this book initially because there weren’t many books written in English on the cultural revolution in China. During the revolution period of 1962-1976 people living in China had to use ration tickets in exchange for food, clothing and furniture. This was a period where family members turned against each other, teachers and business owners publically whipped and shamed for being “exploitative”, and young students recruited to the Red Guard to spread the words of Mao Zedong (Chairman Mao). Mao Zedong’s words and ideology brainwashed and manipulated a generation of young men and women, putting them through unimaginable suffering, separating them from their families and “re-educating” their ideals; in short, robbing people of their freedom to choose and think for themselves.”
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Madeleine O'Dea
5.0 out of 5 stars Vivid, intimate, and moving
Reviewed in Australia on 30 April 2017
"The Freedom Swimmer" plunges you directly into one of the most terrible and tumultuous periods in modern Chinese history - the era of Mao's disastrous Great Leap Forward, the famine that resulted, and the Cultural Revolution that followed hard upon – and yet in taking you there in the company of two beautifully compelling characters - the country boy Ming and the sophisticated city youth Li – this is not a story of despair, but instead one that uplifts you with its evocation of the power of friendship, of dreams, and of the instinct for freedom. Vividly written, with an immediacy that dissolves the distance of time and place between the characters and the reader. Highly recommended.
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