{"product_id":"9781442460324","title":"Little Green: Growing Up in the Chinese Cultural Revolution","description":"\u003ci\u003eI was born in a small city near the East Sea,\u003cbr\u003ewhen the Great Cultural Revolution began.\u003cbr\u003eMy name is Little Green,\u003cbr\u003emy country Zhong Guo, the Middle Kingdom.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhen I was ten years old,\u003cbr\u003eour leader had died and the revolution ended.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnd this is how I remember it.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eWhen Chun Yu was born in a small city in China, she was born into a country in 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eShortly 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThis first-person memoir of a child’s view of the Chinese Cultural Revolution is a stunning account of a country in crisis and a testimony to the spirit of the individual—no matter how young or how innocent.","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47142837747952,"sku":"9781442460324","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781442460324_p0.jpg?v=1763802571","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781442460324","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}