Journal Entry 1 by leeny37 from Melbourne, Victoria Australia on Sunday, August 30, 2009

Received through BookMooch.com. My copy has a different cover.

Synopsis:
The true story of a poor Chinese peasant boy who, plucked unsuspectingly at the age of ten from millions of others across the land to be trained as a ballet dancer, turned the situation to his advantage to become one of the world's greatest ballet stars. Simply told, with charm, humour and compassion and at times, great drama. His childhood, despite the terrible hardships, is drawn with love and affection and contrasts starkly with the seven lonely years of gruelling training at the Peking Dance Academy. At the age of l8, Li performs at the Houston Ballet school in the US, which leads to his dramatic defection. This is a condensed edition, specially for younger readers, and has an Afterword especially for children. 

Journal Entry 2 by leeny37 at Southbank, Victoria Australia on Saturday, December 05, 2009

Released 2 yrs ago (12/5/2009 UTC) at Southbank, Victoria Australia

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I brought this with me to Xmas brunch meet-up at Walter's Wine Bar. 

Journal Entry 3 by cathyinoz from Warrandyte, Victoria Australia on Sunday, December 06, 2009

Picked this up at our BC Xmas brunch meetup. Nice to see you all again. All the best for the holidays leeny37. 

Journal Entry 4 by cathyinoz from Warrandyte, Victoria Australia on Monday, December 14, 2009

What a wonderful biography this was! I am ashamed to admit I knew very little about China's history even this more recent history. Of course I grew up in this era and saw events on TV (Li is only one year younger than I am)but they really did not make much sense to me as a child then adolescent.

This is a book written for children, but Li does not spare details when it comes to the poverty and hardship of his circumstances. His love of his art and his family also shines through. I am going to make sure I obtain a copy of this book for our school library. A must have!

I caught my mother-in law eying this up so I may pass it on to her.

 

Journal Entry 5 by cathyinoz at Yarra River in Warrandyte, Victoria Australia on Monday, December 21, 2009

Released 2 yrs ago (12/21/2009 UTC) at Yarra River in Warrandyte, Victoria Australia

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left somewhere along the river path. Happy holidays! Happy summer reading! =) 

Journal Entry 6 by AnonymousFinder at Kilmore, Victoria Australia on Friday, June 25, 2010

I really enjoyed reading it. Great story - just amazing how some people manage to rise above all the hurdles life places in front of them.

Thoroughly enjoyed it and would recomend it to anyone.