01744cam a2200325 i 4500 520936757 TxAuBib 20211116120000.0 211021s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u bl2021026666 9781338656138 HRD 18.99 1338656139 HRD 18.99 TxAuBib rda Chim, Wai. Freedom swimmer. Freedom swimmer [BOOK] / Wai Chim. First US edition. New York : Scholastic Press, 2021. 236 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier 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 labor 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. Provided by publisher. 20211116. Swimming Young adult fiction. Friendship Young adult fiction. Communism China Young adult fiction. Freedom Yung adult fiction. China Young adult fiction. Historical fiction for young adults.