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The diary of Ma Yan
the struggles and hopes of a Chinese schoolgirl
By Yan, Ma & Ma, Yan & Haski, Pierre
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-06076-497-5
- Publisher
- New York : HarperCollins, 2005.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on August 1, 2005
Gr 5-8 In 2001, while a French journalist was visiting remote Ningxia province in northwest China, a Muslim woman wearing the white headscarf of the Hui people thrust the diaries of her daughter into his hands. The three small notebooks described the girl's struggle to get an education despite extreme poverty. Each week Ma Yan and her younger brothers walked seven miles to school where they stayed until Friday night when they returned home. Often their only food was a small bowl of ri...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
