Red Scarf Girl

Posted by Anuva in DogEared on July 22, 2011
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BOOK NAME: Red Scarf Girl
AUTHOR: Ji-li Jiang

“The world had turned upside down” (36). Ji-li Jiang writes about her experiences during the Cultural Revolution in China in the memoir, Red Scarf Girl. This book shows that in times of unrest you should not be carried away by false promises.

Ji-li Jiang, a thirteen year old girl, lives with her family in China. Chairman Mao Zedong, the leader of Communist China, has begun the Cultural Revolution and is enforcing strict laws that no one should follow the four olds. Ji-li is smart and always succeeds in school. But now, being smart is a four old. Ji-li is a common target of the school’s Red Guards because she is from a landlord family and that is a crime. In the midst of the Cultural Revolution, Ji-li’s family is falling apart. But, Ji-li also wants to help her country. Read the book to find out which side she will take – her family or Chairman Mao.

I would definitely suggest others to read this heartfelt book. Since the author narrates her story, you get a firsthand source of the pain and torture of China’s Cultural Revolution. It was spine chilling to see how landlord families were made to climb up chimneys and sweep the streets. At the end of the book, all the suspense is revealed as Ji-li talks about how her life has changed after the end of the Cultural Revolution. Red Scarf Girl taught me a lot about China’s history.

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Comments

  1. starburst271
    July 22, 2011, 2:08 pm

    I don’t read a lot of history, but this book sounds really good. I’ll try it.

  2. escape2books
    July 22, 2011, 5:31 pm

    I read this book, and it was really good. Might be more for history lovers though… ~Escape2Books

  3. sembalion
    July 24, 2011, 1:02 am

    eh……………….i dont like reading about sufferring…..not me
    Thanks anyway

  4. Anonymous
    July 25, 2011, 6:11 pm

    i really like books about history. i will have to try it.

  5. elder-wand1230
    July 29, 2011, 2:19 am

    never heard of it.souds good though

  6. ballerinagirl
    July 31, 2011, 10:47 am

    I always read historical fiction so yah no sweat this could be OK not my fav but you never know

  7. book worm
    August 9, 2011, 8:11 pm

    sounds great! I hope it’s at the library!

  8. manasarocks899
    August 17, 2011, 7:22 am

    read the book did not understand it completely

  9. zoenightshade12
    January 25, 2012, 7:00 pm

    I read this book in 6th grade. It’s suspenseful and it really makes you think about how Mao Zedong brainwashed the people of China.

    ~zoe

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