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In a small, desperately poor village in north - east China, a young peasant boy sits at his rickety old school desk, interested more in the birds outside than in Chairman Mao's Red Book and the grand words it contains. But that day, some strange men come to his school - Madame Mao's cultural delegates. They are looking for young peasants to mould into faithful guards of Chairman Mao's great vision

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One day, not so very many years ago, a small peasant boy was chosen to study ballet at the Beijing Dance Academy. His mother urged him to take this chance of a lifetime.But Li was only eleven years old and he was scared and lonely, pushed away from all that he had ever known and loved. He hated the strict training routines and the strange place he had been brought to. All he wanted to do was go ho

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This is my story. Here is my recollection of those years growing up in Mao's China. It is my family's history. It is my journey, from my earliest memories, through discovering dance, to my life in the West. History may record things differently, others may too, but the stories here remain as true to me now as they ever were. It is a remembrance that contains the treasures from my heart.So wrote Li

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From a desperately poor village in northeast China, at age eleven, Li Cunxin was chosen by Madame Mao's cultural delegates to be taken from his rural home and brought to Beijing, where he would study ballet. In 1979, the young dancer arrived in Texas as part of a cultural exchange, only to fall in love with America-and with an American woman. Two years later, through a series of events worthy of t

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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 a

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'Appalling, brave and funny ... you cannot do better than to read this book' Mail on Sunday Raised in a desperately poor village during the height of China's Cultural Revolution, Li Cunxin's childhood revolved around the commune, his family and Chairman Mao's Little Red Book. Until, that is, Madame Mao's cultural delegates came in search of young peasants to study ballet at the academy in Beijing

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At the age of eleven, Li Cunxin was one of the privileged few selected to serve in Chairman Mao’s Cultural Revolution by studying at the Beijing Dance Academy. Having known bitter poverty in his rural China home, ballet would be his family’s best chance for a better future.nbsp; From one hardship to another, Cunxin demonstrated perseverance and an appetite for success that led him to b

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This is the true story of how, by the thinnest thread of a chance, one moment in time changed the course of a small boy's life in ways that are beyond imagination. One day he would dance with some of the greatest ballet companies of the world. One day he would be a friend to a president and first lady, movie stars and the most influential people in America. One day he would become a star: Mao's la

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Selected to study ballet at the Beijing Dance Academy during Mao's Cultural Revolution, Li Cunxin knew that his dance success was his family's only escape from poverty. In the 1970s, Li was chosen to represent his country in its first cultural exchange with the United States. Full color.

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In a poor village in northern China, a small boy named Li Cunxin was given the chance of a lifetime. Selected by Chairman Mao’s officials from among millions of children to become a dancer, Li’s new life began as he left his family behind.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;At the Beijing Dance Academy, days were long and difficult. Li’s hard work was rewarded when he was chosen yet again, this time

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Li Cunxin tells his story, tracing his life from his early childhood among the Chinese peasantry and his being thrust into the world of ballet, through his winning a scholarship to America and his eventual defection to the West in 1981, knowing that he would never see his family again.

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An amazon.com Spring 2004 Breakout Book.AudioFile Earphones Award Winner, Oct/Nov 2004.This is the true story of how, by the thinnest thread of a chance, one moment in time changed the course of a small boy's life in ways that are beyond imagination. One day he would dance with some of the greatest ballet companies of the world. One day he would be a friend to a president and first lady, movie sta

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An amazon.com Spring 2004 Breakout Book.AudioFile Earphones Award Winner, Oct/Nov 2004.This is the true story of how, by the thinnest thread of a chance, one moment in time changed the course of a small boy's life in ways that are beyond imagination. One day he would dance with some of the greatest ballet companies of the world. One day he would be a friend to a president and first lady, movie sta

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From unbelievable poverty to international stardom ??A?A? the inspiring true story of one boy??A?A?s dream come true.Li Cunxin??A?A?s bestselling biography in a young reader??A?A?s edition. Paul English again delivers a stunning portrayal of Li Cunxin??A?A?s inspiring story.One day, not so very many years ago, a small peasant boy was chosen to study ballet at the Beijing Dance Academy. His mother

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This is your one chance. You have your secret dreams. Follow them! Make them come true ...In a poor village in northern China, a small boy is about to be taken away from everything he's ever known. He is so afraid, but his mother urges him to follow his dreams. For soon he will become a dancer, one of the finest dancers in the world...So begins The Peasant Prince, the true story of Li Cunxin's ext

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An amazon.com Spring 2004 Breakout Book.AudioFile Earphones Award Winner, Oct/Nov 2004.This is the true story of how, by the thinnest thread of a chance, one moment in time changed the course of a small boy's life in ways that are beyond imagination. One day he would dance with some of the greatest ballet companies of the world. One day he would be a friend to a president and first lady, movie sta

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An amazon.com Spring 2004 Breakout Book.AudioFile Earphones Award Winner, Oct/Nov 2004.This is the true story of how, by the thinnest thread of a chance, one moment in time changed the course of a small boy's life in ways that are beyond imagination. One day he would dance with some of the greatest ballet companies of the world. One day he would be a friend to a president and first lady, movie sta

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From unbelievable poverty to international stardom - the inspiring true story of one boy's dream come true.Li Cunxin's bestselling biography in a young reader's edition, now available on MP3 CD.One day, not so very many years ago, a small peasant boy was chosen to study ballet at the Beijing Dance Academy. His mother urged him to take this chance of a lifetime. But Li was only eleven years old and

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In a small, desperately poor village in northeast China, a peasant boy sits at his rickety old school desk, interested more in the birds outside than in Chairman Mao's Red Book and the grand words it contains. But that day, some strangers come to his school -- Madame Mao's cultural delegates. They are looking for young peasants to mold into faithful guards of Chairman Mao's great vision for China.