Title A girl named Faithful Plum : the true story of a dancer from China and how she achieved her dream / Richard Bernstein.

Publication Info.

Item Status

Location	Call No.	Status	OPAC Message	Public Note	Gift Note
Moore Children's & Young Adult Collection	CH/YA Fic Bernst Gir 2011	Available	---		Gift of Susan Mandel Glazer.

Edition	1st edition.
Description	270 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
	age Children
Note	Includes a glossary of Chinese places, terms, and names.
Summary	Tells the true story of Zhongmei Lei, an eleven-year-old girl in 1977 who won one of twelve spots at the prestigious Beijing Dance Academy, and whose determination to remain in the school impressed teachers and students alike; and discusses how Zhongmei, whose name means Faithful Plum, went on to form her own dance company which debuted in New York when she was in her late twenties.
Provenance	Gift of Susan Mandel Glazer.
Subject	Li, Zhongmei, 1966- -- Juvenile literature.
	Li, Zhongmei, 1966-
	Dancers -- China -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
	Dancers.
	China.
Genre/Form	Biographies.
Subject	Dancers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
	United States.
Genre/Form	Juvenile works.
	Biographies.
ISBN	9780375969607 (library binding)
	0375969608 (library binding)
	0375869603 (hardback)
	9780375869600 (hardback)