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A stirring and magnificently illustrated picture-book memoir of the authors childhood during the Chinese Cultural Revolution nYing Chang Compestine was a young girl in 1966 when Mao launched his Cultural Revolution to reclaim power and eliminate non-communist values in the country. His army began punishing and arresting people who didnt agree with him, foreign reading material was banned, and children were all required to dress in uniform and carry the Little Red Book of Maos teachings. It was a time of fear, mayhem, and scarcity that lasted until Maos death ten years later, when Ying was thirteen. Through those ten harrowing years, Yings parents found ways to secretly educate her and allow her dreams of visiting America to stay vibrant. Now she brings her childhood story and Chinas history to life in this absorbing and beautiful picture book.n
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