Girl under a red moon : growing up during China's Cultural Revolution
Título
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Girl under a red moon : growing up during China's Cultural Revolution
Da, Chen
Resumen
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It is the late 1960s and there is no peace in the village of Yellow Stone for little Da and his family, who were former landowners; they are all persecuted by the Red Guard, particularly Da's oldest sister, Sisi, who tries hard to conform to the new political realities, but who cannot overcome the frightened hostility of the other villagers--so Sisi escapes to find work in a school in another town, taking Da with her, and trying to find a compromise between safety and justice, where she can make a decent life for both of them.
Fecha de publicación como intervalo
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2019
Descripción física
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197 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Nota general
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Subtitle from cover.
Materia personal
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Chen, Da, 1962--Juvenile fiction.
Término de la materia
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Brothers and sisters -- China -- Fiction.
Families -- China -- Fiction.
Political persecution -- China -- Fiction.
Término geográfico
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China -- History -- Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976 -- Fiction.
Género
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Autobiographical fiction.
Historical fiction -- China.
Síntesis
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It is the late 1960s and there is no peace in the village of Yellow Stone for little Da and his family, who were former landowners; they are all persecuted by the Red Guard, particularly Da's oldest sister, Sisi, who tries hard to conform to the new political realities, but who cannot overcome the frightened hostility of the other villagers--so Sisi escapes to find work in a school in another town, taking Da with her, and trying to find a compromise between safety and justice, where she can make a decent life for both of them.
ISBN
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9781338263862
Información de publicación
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New York : Scholastic Focus, 2019.
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| Kildare | F CHE | Book | 30138000211971 | Historical Fiction |