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'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 with his fellow villagers...When a group of city boys come to the village as part of a government re-education program, Ming and his friends aren't sure what to make of the new arrivals. They're intellectuals 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 dreamlike discussions...But as the bitterness of life under the Party begins to take its toll on both boys, they begin to imagine the impossible: freedom.' (Publication summary)
Adaptations
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Freedom Swimmer
( dir. Olivia Martin-McGuire
)
Australia
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No Thing Productions
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2021
23435122
2021
single work
film/TV
'A hybrid, poetic documentary interweaving hand-drawn animation and film, which tells the story of a grandfather’s perilous swim from China to Hong Kong during the Cultural Revolution.'
Source: Sydney Film Festival.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Also dyslexic edition
Works about this Work
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Review : Freedom Swimmer
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time , October 2016;
— Review of Freedom Swimmer 2016 single work children's fiction -
Review : Freedom Swimmer
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Buzz Words , September 2016;
— Review of Freedom Swimmer 2016 single work children's fiction
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Review : Freedom Swimmer
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Buzz Words , September 2016;
— Review of Freedom Swimmer 2016 single work children's fiction -
Review : Freedom Swimmer
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time , October 2016;
— Review of Freedom Swimmer 2016 single work children's fiction
Awards
- 2018 shortlisted Sakura Medal (Japan)
- 2017 shortlisted The Readings Young Adult Book Prize
- 2017 CBCA Book of the Year Awards — Notable Book
- 2017 highly commended Victorian Premier's Literary Awards — Prize for Young Adult Fiction
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cChina,cEast Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,