Growing up under a red flag : a memoir of surviving the Chinese Cultural Revolution / written by Ying Chang Compestine ; illustrated by Xinmei Liu.

Author/creator Compestine, Ying Chang author.
Other author Liu, Xinmei, illustrator.
Format Book
PublicationNew York : Rocky Pond Books, [2024]
Copyright Date©2024
Description1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 29 cm
Subjects

Portion of title Memoir of surviving the Chinese Cultural Revolution
Abstract "Ying Chang Compestine was a young girl in 1966 when Mao Zedong launched the cultural revolution to regain his power in the Chinese government. Mao banned foreign items, required children to dress in uniform, and unleashed the Red Guard to terrorize and imprison people who disagreed with him. It was a time of chaos, fear, and scarcity that lasted until his death ten years later when Ying was thirteen. Yet through those harrowing years, Ying's father, a surgeon trained by American missionaries, continued to educate her in secret and fuel her dreams of going to America to find freedom. Now she brings her childhood story from that dark chapter of Chinese history to life in this stirring and eye-opening memoir, magnificently illustrated by debut artist Xinmei Liu." -- Jacket flap.
Interest age level Ages 5-9 Rocky Pond Books.
Interest grade level Kindergarten - Grade 3
Audience 800 Lexile
Issued in other formOnline version: Compestine, Ying Chang. Growing up under a red flag New York : Rocky Pond Books, 2024 9780593533994
Genre/formAutobiographies.
LCCN 2024008480
ISBN9780593533987 (hardcover)
ISBN0593533984 (hardcover)
ISBN(kindle edition)

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