The comingofage story is told in diary form, narrated from the point of view of a 17yearold canadian high school student, alex jackson. All footages are citated and credited for anti infringement. Forbidden city by william bell amys marathon of books. Forbidden city by william bell book trailer youtube.
Who are the characters from forbidden city by william bell. Chapter summariesforbidden city by william bell answers. The book forbidden city by william bell is about 17 years old boyalex jackson find that his father, a cbc news cameraman, wants to take him to chinas capital, beijing at 1989. Alex from forbidden city by william bell, page 167 i took a long drink of my warm tea. A novel of modern china, dramatizes the story of the 1989 tiananmen square massacre. William bell s most popular book is forbidden city. Christies award, the ruth schwartz award, and the canadian. William bells 1990 young adult fiction novel, forbidden city. During the massacre, alex comes very close to losing everything he holds dear, as he becomes separated from his reporter father, ted jackson, and has to trust to the kindness of student protesters hiding. Forbidden city is a novel based on the events of the tiananmen square massacre in 1989.
William bell has 114 books on goodreads with 7781 ratings. Forbidden city has 7 available editions to buy at half price books marketplace. About william bell william bell was a canadian author whose young adult novels have been translated into nine languages and have won a number of awards, among them the manitoba readers choice award, the mr. William bell has 96 books on goodreads with 7810 ratings. Closely based on eyewitness accounts of the massacre in beijing, forbidden city is a powerful and frightening story.
Once there, alex finds himself on his own in tian an men square as desperate students fight the chinese army for their freedom. This is not the official book trailer of forbidden city by william bell. Forbidden city book by william bell 7 available editions. Alex from forbidden city by william bell, page 197. When they arrive alex finds himself on his own in tiananmen square as desperate students fight the chinese army for their freedom. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. Books by william bell author of forbidden city goodreads. The book, forbidden city, by author william bell, takes place in beijing, china in tiananmen square around the time of the beijing massacre on june 4th 1989 and is about a young boy, alexander, age 17, who is very interested in ancient war, traveling to beijing, china with his dad, who works for cbc to cover a news story. William bell was born in toronto in 1945 and went to school there until he graduated from the college of education in 1970. Seventeenyearold alex jackson comes home from school to find that his father, a cbc news cameraman, wants to take him to chinas capital, beijing. The book is the winner of the ruth schwartz award for excellence, the. Seventeenyearold alex jackson comes home from school to find that. William bells historical novel forbidden city 1990 tells the story of.
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