Title: The red piano
Description: During the Cultural Revolution in China when playing the piano is forbidden and artists and musicians are considered criminals, a gifted pianist is separated from her family and sent to a rural "re-education" camp to work in the rice fields. Inspired by the life of concert pianist Xiao-Mei Zhu.
Subjects: Juvenile fiction, Zhu, Xiao-Mei, History, Musicians, Fiction, Childhood and youth
Places: China
People: Xiao-Mei Zhu
Time periods: Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976