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Little Green
Growing Up during the Chinese Cultural Revolution
By Yu, Chun
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-68986-943-3
- Publisher
- Simon
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on March 1, 2005
Gr 5-8 Xiao Qing, or Little Green, was born at the very beginning of the Cultural Revolution, and when she turned 10, Chairman Mao died. Because her father worked in the city before he was sent to the countryside for re-education and her mother taught first in a country school and later in the city, Little Green and her two siblings lived much of their younger years with their grandmother. This memoir, written as poetry, chronicles her daily life and reveals her perceptions of the world. Her story is revealed in...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on March 1, 2005
In this autobiography told in free verse, Chun Yu ("Little Green") describes her childhood during the Chinese Cultural Revolution, which began when she was born in 1966. Her mother's position as teacher put her in danger's way, since "so-called 'academic authorities'" were one of the groups despised by Mao. The author captures her uneasy childhood experience, juxtaposing scenes of forced midnight parades and revolution...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
