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red scarf girl a memoir of the cultural revolution
p in 1966 ji li jiang turned twelve . an outstanding student and leader she had everything brains the admiration of her peers and a bright future in china & 8242 ; s communist party . but that year china & 8242 ; s leader mao ze dong launched the cultural revolution and everything changed . over the next few years ji li and her family were humiliated and scorned by former friends neighbors and co workers . they lived in constant terror of arrest . finally with the detention of her father ji li faced the most difficult choice of her life . p told with simplicity and grace this is the true story of one family & 8242 ; s courage and determination during one of the most terrifying eras of the twentieth century . p ages 11
paperback harpercollins publishers 1998 isbn 0064462080
abridged n isbn 13 9780064462082 number of pages 304 publisher harpercollins childrens books release date 62135769600000