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y separately published work icon Freedom Swimmer single work   children's fiction   children's  
Alternative title: The Freedom Swimmer
Issue Details: First known date: 2016... 2016 Freedom Swimmer
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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)

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form y separately published work icon Freedom Swimmer Olivia Martin-McGuire , ( dir. Olivia Martin-McGuire ) Australia : No Thing Productions , 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.

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Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Crows Nest, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Allen and Unwin , 2016 .
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      Extent: 240p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 24th August 2016
      ISBN: 9781760113414
    • New York (City), New York (State),
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      United States of America (USA),
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      Americas,
      :
      Scholastic Press ,
      2021 .
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      Extent: 256p.p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 19 October 2021.
      ISBN: 9781338656138, 1338656139

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Works about this Work

Review : Freedom Swimmer Emily Clarke , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time , October 2016;

— Review of Freedom Swimmer Wai Chim , 2016 single work children's fiction
Review : Freedom Swimmer Daniela Andrews , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: Buzz Words , September 2016;

— Review of Freedom Swimmer Wai Chim , 2016 single work children's fiction
Review : Freedom Swimmer Daniela Andrews , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: Buzz Words , September 2016;

— Review of Freedom Swimmer Wai Chim , 2016 single work children's fiction
Review : Freedom Swimmer Emily Clarke , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time , October 2016;

— Review of Freedom Swimmer Wai Chim , 2016 single work children's fiction
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