Growing up under a red flag : a memoir of surviving the Chinese Cultural Revolution by Compestine, Ying Chang 

BTSB Prebound(Rocky Pond Books, 2024)

BTSB #: 234329 Available

Dewey: 951.05/AAges: 6-9   
Lexile: 800 F&P: W

Genres:

Subjects: Compestine, Ying Chang Persecution Family life - China Physicians Communism China - History|y1949-1976

Summary: Ying Chang Compestine was a young girl in 1966 when Mao launched his Cultural Revolution to reclaim power and eliminate non-communist values in the country. It was a time of fear, mayhem, and scarcity that lasted until Mao's death ten years later, when Ying was thirteen. Through those ten harrowing years, Ying's parents found ways to secretly educate her and allow her dreams of visiting America to stay vibrant.

Red scarf girl : a memoir of the Cultural Revolution by Jiang, Ji-li 

Paperback(HarperCollins, 2018)

BTSB #: 491710 Available

Dewey: 951.05/AAges: 10-16   
AR: 5 UG

Genres:

Subjects: Jiang, Ji-li China - History|y1949-1976

Summary: The memoir of a young woman who lived through the terrifying time of China's Cultural Revolution.