Book Report on The Forbidden City
The book The Forbidden City is written by William Bell and contains 299 pages. The theme in this serious, fiction adventure novel is about a seventeen-year old boy named Alex Jackson, his father, a CBC news cameraman, and their adventure in China and how they survived the worst of times during China’s history. The place is Beijing, China and the time is 1989, a year that China's Government tries desperately to cover up and keep buried forever. It starts with Alex Jackson, the main character, and his photographer father, taking Alex away to Beijing on assignment to join his news partner, Eddie Nowlan. Alex isn't exactly a reporter, but rather a tourist or assistant dragged along by his father for the experience in learning and looking at China's beauty and history. This wasn't exactly what was about to occur. Staying in the Beijing Hotel, Alex was able to see the beginning of a civil revolt, as the students began to protest. The students continued t
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Some common words found in the essay are:
Forbidden City, Chinese University, Hotel Alex, Alex Jackson, Nowlan Alex, William Bell, Alex's Chinese, China's Government, Alex Beijing, Square Alex, forbidden city, civil rights, alex jackson,
Approximate Word count = 645
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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