01447cam a2200289 4500 165910196 TxAuBib 19980511120000.0 970618t19961990||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780440226796 0440226791 (OCoLC)37147605 CCS CCS KKJ TxAuBib Bell, William, 1945- Forbidden city : a novel / William Bell. New York : Bantam Doubleday Dell Books for Young Readers, 1996. ©1990. 199 p. : map ; 18 cm. Laurel-Leaf books A Bantam starfire book. Seventeen-year-old Alex Jackson is thrilled when his father, a cameraman, asks Alex to join him on assignment in China. They both will become part of the great historical events that sweep China in the spring of 1989. As students and civilians demonstrate in Tian An Men Square for changes in the government, Alex feels the thrill of being a reporter. But his excitement turns to horror when he witnesses the death of his Chinese friend. Alex and his father know they must communicate the story to the rest of the world, but at what cost to their own lives? RL: 6.0. 19990706. China History Tiananmen Square Incident, 1989 Fiction. Laurel-Leaf books. TXBAY