Girl under a red moon : growing up during China's Cultural Revolution
Titre
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Girl under a red moon : growing up during China's Cultural Revolution
Da, Chen
Sommaire
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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.
Date de publication comme intervalle
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2019
Description matérielle
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197 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Note générale
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Subtitle from cover.
Vedette-matière - nom de personne
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Chen, Da, 1962--Juvenile fiction.
Terme de vedette-matière
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Brothers and sisters -- China -- Fiction.
Families -- China -- Fiction.
Political persecution -- China -- Fiction.
Terme géographique
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China -- History -- Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976 -- Fiction.
Genre
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Autobiographical fiction.
Historical fiction -- China.
Résumé
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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.
Numéro international normalisé des livres (ISBN)
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9781338263862
Informations de publication
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New York : Scholastic Focus, 2019.
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| Bibliothèque | Numéro de rayon | Type de document | Code à barres du document | Statut |
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| Kildare | F CHE | Book | 30138000211971 | Historical Fiction |