ASDAN - Red Scarf Girl

Red Scarf Girl

Written by Ji-li Jiang about her experiences during the Cultural Revolution of China, with a foreword byDavid Henry Hwang.

Red Scarf Girl

The setting of the novel takes place during the summer of the Chinese Cultural Revolution just begun when Mao Ze Dong took over as the leader of China, from 1966 until 1976. 
        This book is written from the perspective of a child who grew up very quickly as she had to become the care taker of her family.This book is based on the 2-year time frame when the author struggled to fit in where she is a social outcast as a 12 year-old girl who wanted to join the Cultural Revolution, but her family was considered as "black," or against the Cultural Revolution as she had to maintain her loyalty to her family. 

When Ji-Li was a small girl in Shanghai, China, she believed that Chairman Mao and the Communist Party had saved China and that she was very lucky to live there.     

Paperback, 285 pages

Published 1999 by HarperTrophy (first published 1997)

Original Title

Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution

ISBN                            0439063000 (ISBN13: 9780439063005)

Setting

China 

Literary Awards

The Judy Lopez Memorial Award for Children's Literature Honor (1998)

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JI- LI JIANG

Coming from Shanghai, China in 1984, where she used to be a school science teacher, author Ji-li Jiang studied in Hawaii then worked as a corporate Operations Analyst and Budgeting Director for several years. In 1992, she co-founded East West Exchange, Inc, a company created to promote and facilitate cultural and business exchanges between China and the western countries.

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