num_pages: 304
description: In 1966 Ji–li Jiang turned twelve. An outstanding student and leader, she had everything: brains, the admiration of her peers, and a bright future in China's Communist Party. But that year China's leader, Mao Ze–dong, launched the Cultural Revolution, and everything changed. Over the next few years Ji–li and her family were humiliated and scorned by former friends, neighbors, and co–workers. They lived in constant terror of arrest. Finally, with the detention of her father, Ji–li faced the most difficult choice of her life.  Told with simplicity and grace, this is the true story of one family's courage and determination during one of the most terrifying eras of the twentieth century.  Ages 11+
language: English
title: Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution
titlecomplete: Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution
genres: China, Historical, History, Asia, Biography Memoir, Middle Grade, Biography, School, Memoir, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 15209
places: China
awards: awardedAt: 883641600000
name: Judy Lopez Memorial Award for Children's Literature
publisher: HarperCollins Children's Books