My name is number 4 : a true story.

Titre
My name is number 4 : a true story.

Ting-xing. Ye

Sommaire
After Ting-xing Ye was born her great aunt declared, "Number Four will have a difficult life"--for the signs were unlucky. Events soon proved true this cruel prediction. This is the true story of fourteen-year-old Ting-xing's tumultuous life turned upside down by China's Cultural Revolution. After the death of both her parents, Ting-xing and her four siblings endure the brutality of the Red Guard attacks.

My name is number four : a true story

Date de publication comme intervalle
2007

Description matérielle
230 p. : illus., maps ; 21 cm.

Edition
Abridged ed.

Note générale
Abridged edition of: A leaf in the bitter wind.

Informations sur le programme
Gr. 8+
 
7.5

Vedette-matière - nom de personne
Ye, Ting-xing, 1952-

Terme de vedette-matière
Women -- China -- Biography.

Terme géographique
China -- Social conditions -- 1976-2000.
 
China -- Social conditions -- 1949-1976.

Résumé
After Ting-xing Ye was born her great aunt declared, "Number Four will have a difficult life"--for the signs were unlucky. Events soon proved true this cruel prediction. This is the true story of fourteen-year-old Ting-xing's tumultuous life turned upside down by China's Cultural Revolution. After the death of both her parents, Ting-xing and her four siblings endure the brutality of the Red Guard attacks.

Numéro international normalisé des livres (ISBN)
9780385663052

Informations de publication
Toronto : Doubleday Canada, c2007.


BibliothèqueNuméro de rayonType de documentCode à barres du documentStatut
D.S. MacKenzie921 YEBook30522000245339Non-Fiction