Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution

In 1966 Jili 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 Zedong, launched the Cultural Revolution, and everything changed. Over the next few years Jili and her family were humiliated and scorned by former friends, neighbors, and coworkers. They lived in constant terror of arrest. Finally, with the detention of her father, Jili 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+