This first-person memoir tells the story of Chun Yu, who was born in a small city in China, during the Chinese Cultural Revolution. The streets were filled with roaming Red Guards, the walls were covered with slogans, and reeducation meetings were held in all workplaces. Every family faced danger and humiliation, even the youngest children. Shortly after Chun’s birth, her beloved father was sent to a peasant village in the countryside to be reeducated in the ways of Chairman Mao. Chun and her brother stayed behind with their mother, who taught in a country middle school where Mao’s Little Red Book was a part of every child’s education. Chun Yu’s young life was witness to a country in turmoil, struggle, and revolution — the only life she knew.

Related: China, Historical Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14)

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• ISBN: 9780689869433
• Author: Yu, Chun
• Published: 2005, Simon & Schuster
• Themes: Chinese Cultural Revolution, Family, Fear, Revolution, Struggle
• Descriptors: China, Historical Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14)
• No. of pages: 128