Red Scarf Girl - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Red Scarf Girl write by Ji-li Jiang. This book was released on 2010-10-26. Red Scarf Girl available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Publishers Weekly Best Book * ALA Best Book for Young Adults * ALA Notable Children's Book * ALA Booklist Editors' Choice Moving, honest, and deeply personal, Red Scarf Girl is the incredible true story of one girl’s courage and determination during one of the most terrifying eras of the twentieth century. It's 1966, and twelve-year-old Ji-li Jiang has everything a girl could want: brains, popularity, and a bright future in Communist China. But it's also the year that China's leader, Mao Ze-dong, launches the Cultural Revolution—and Ji-li's world begins to fall apart. Over the next few years, people who were once her friends and neighbors turn on her and her family, forcing them to live in constant terror of arrest. And when Ji-li's father is finally imprisoned, she faces the most difficult dilemma of her life. Written in an accessible and engaging style, this page-turning autobiography will appeal to readers of all ages, and it includes a detailed glossary and a pronunciation guide.
The Magical Monkey King
The Magical Monkey King - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Magical Monkey King write by . This book was released on 2004. The Magical Monkey King available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The mischievous Monkey King attempts to achieve immortality the easy way, gains god-like powers, and wreaks havoc in heaven.
Red Kite, Blue Kite
Red Kite, Blue Kite - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Red Kite, Blue Kite write by Ji-li Jiang. This book was released on 2016-08-04. Red Kite, Blue Kite available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. When Tai Shan and his father, Baba, fly kites from their roof and look down at the crowded city streets below, they feel free, like the kites. Baba loves telling Tai Shan stories while the kites--one red, and one blue--rise, dip, and soar together. Then, a bad time comes. People wearing red armbands shut down the schools, smash store signs, and search houses. Baba is sent away, and Tai Shan goes to live with Granny Wang. Though father and son are far apart, they have a secret way of staying close. Every day they greet each other by flying their kites???one red, and one blue???until Baba can be free again, like the kites. Inspired by the dark time of the Cultural Revolution in China, this is a soaring tale of hope that will resonate with anyone who has ever had to love from a distance.
Revolution Is Not a Dinner Party
Revolution Is Not a Dinner Party - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Revolution Is Not a Dinner Party write by Ying Chang Compestine. This book was released on 2009-09-29. Revolution Is Not a Dinner Party available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The summer of 1972, before I turned nine, danger began knocking on doors all over China. Nine-year-old Ling has a very happy life. Her parents are both dedicated surgeons at the best hospital in Wuhan, and her father teaches her English as they listen to Voice of America every evening on the radio. But when one of Mao's political officers moves into a room in their apartment, Ling begins to witness the gradual disintegration of her world. In an atmosphere of increasing mistrust and hatred, Ling fears for the safety of her neighbors, and soon, for herself and her family. For the next four years, Ling will suffer more horrors than many people face in a lifetime. Will she be able to grow and blossom under the oppressive rule of Chairman Mao? Or will fighting to survive destroy her spirit—and end her life? Revolution Is Not a Dinner Party is a 2008 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.
Breaking Stalin's Nose
Breaking Stalin's Nose - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Breaking Stalin's Nose write by Eugene Yelchin. This book was released on 2011-09-27. Breaking Stalin's Nose available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A Newbery Honor Book. Sasha Zaichik has known the laws of the Soviet Young Pioneers since the age of six: The Young Pioneer is devoted to Comrade Stalin, the Communist Party, and Communism. A Young Pioneer is a reliable comrade and always acts according to conscience. A Young Pioneer has a right to criticize shortcomings. But now that it is finally time to join the Young Pioneers, the day Sasha has awaited for so long, everything seems to go awry. He breaks a classmate's glasses with a snowball. He accidentally damages a bust of Stalin in the school hallway. And worst of all, his father, the best Communist he knows, was arrested just last night. This moving story of a ten-year-old boy's world shattering is masterful in its simplicity, powerful in its message, and heartbreaking in its plausibility. One of Horn Book's Best Fiction Books of 2011
