Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution

Twelve-year-old Ji-li Jiang has brains, friends, and a bright future. Then Mao Zedong launches China¿s infamous Cultural Revolution. Soon school is suspended and students are getting caught up in the fervor of Mao¿s extreme politics.

When Ji-li¿s family is accused of capitalist crimes, all of her beautiful dreams burst like soap bubbles. Because Ji-li¿s grandfather was a landlord, her family is harassed and humiliated. Their home is searched, and they live in constant fear. Nonetheless, Ji-li remains loyal to her beloved Chairman Mao and endeavors to ¿reform her ideology.¿ But with her father¿s detention, Ji-li is faced with the most difficult choice of her life.

Told with simple grace, this is the true story of a family¿s courage in one of the most terrifying eras of modern history. Christina Moore¿s moving narration makes the Jiang family¿s saga unforgettable.