Red land, Yellow River
Subtitle: a story from the Cultural Revolution
By: Ange Zhang.
Publisher: Groundwood Books
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Toronto
Language: eng
Number of pages: 55
Subjects: Zhang, Ange -- Childhood and youth; China -- History -- Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976 -- Personal narratives -- Juvenile literature
Genres: Personal narratives; Juvenile literature.
Description: In 1966 Mao Zedong's Cultural Revolution swept through China and transformed the life of Beijing teenager Ange Zhang. Ange longed to join the Red Guard with his classmates, but was denied membership after his father, a famous writer, was arrested and charged with being a counter-revolutionary. As Ange struggled to maintain his friends' respect,he began to question the Revolution and his role in it.