Red scarf girl
by Ji-li Jiang
Popularity 44
The author tells about the happy life she led in China up until she was twelve-years-old when her family became a target of the Cultural Revolution, and discusses the choice she had to make between denouncing her father and breaking with her family, or refusing to speak against him and losing her future in the Communist Party.
Personal narrativesJuvenile literatureHistoryChina, history, cultural revolution, 1966-1969China, juvenile literatureChina, biographyChina, historyJiang, Ji-LiChina - Social life and customs - 1949-1976China - History - 1949-1976 - BiographyJUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / PoliticalJUVENILE NONFICTION / Family