this book will have you stashing kleenex in nearby spots, its a heart wrenching story of a chinese girl who was brought up believing that the loyalty of her family should be traded for the help of bettering the community and society. This book truly captures the struggle of a teenage girl in a communist government struggling to battle many inner demons and outer. It contains deaths, abuse, and other things that are looked down on in our society, but in hers, people simply look the other way. I truly believe if you read this book you will see, we as Americans are lucky.
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Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution
(1997, Non-Fiction - History, Written by Ji-Li Jiang)
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Not age appropriate for kids under 12, age appropriate for kids over 13; suggested age 13. -
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Common Sense says
Devastating portrait of brutal political movement.
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for Ages 13 and Up
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About Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution
Parents need to know that the foreign words and phrases in this book can be confusing, though the glossary is helpful. Jiang's writing sometimes strains for effect, and the narrative ends abruptly, but the story is engaging.
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- I rate this title on for age 17 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate language
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- Educational
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- I rate this title on for age 12 and give it
I got bored
This book is very boring. I do feel pity for her life and what happened but she makes it sound so boring. If you have no life or friends or awareness of whats fun, then read this book. For those of you in touch with reality, don't read it, it's very boring and the name Grandpa Hong made me crack up. By the way, Ji-Li Jiang has very bad grammar.
- I rate this title iffy for age 13 and give it
Must read for everyone
this book was so GOOD! and it was really touching. The only thing that was kind of bad for children was when An Yi's grandma committed suicide
- I rate this title iffy for age 13 and give it
Must read for everyone
this book was so GOOD! and it was really touching. The only thing that was kind of bad for children was when An Yi's grandma committed suicide
- I rate this title off for age 2 and give it
I cried
It was horrible!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!^_*
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