ISBN 13: 978-374-39922-1. Hard Cover, $16.00.
Book Awards:*Starred Review*, Booklist
*Starred Review*, Publisher's Weekly
IRA Children's Book Award, 2009
Bank Street Best children's Book of the Year, 2009.
CCBC Choice (University of Wisconsin)
NCSS-CBC Notable Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies, 2009
Massachussetts Book Award- Massachusetts Book Award in Nonfiction, , 2009
Scholastic, Best Memoir, 2008.
Annotation:
The story of a young child growing up in China during the Cultural Revolution.
Book Talk:
"Most people can not remember when their childhood ended. I, on the other hand, have a crystal clear memory of that moment. It happened on night, in the summer of 1966, when my elementary school headmaster hanged himself. I was twelve years old." page 42.
In a gripping tale, Miyong Li tells the tale of her loving family and life in China before the Cultural Revolution began. As the Red Guards begin to take over the universities and the schools, her life, and the life of everyone around her is turned upside down. Schools are closed. Intellectuals are imprisoned. Books are burned. Teachers are denounced and beaten, or worse.
This fascinating story tells the tale of how she and her family manage to struggle through one of the darkest and most uncertain periods in modern history.
Author Web Site: http://moyingli.com/
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