Reviewed by:  John B.
Nonfiction/Autobiography

Plot:

This book is about a girl in China. The time frame is while she was 12-14 and when Mao Zedong was leading China. The book is about her family and friends' life during this time.

good:

The pretty much only good part of the book was the epilogue. A reason for this was how she wrote it. The epilogue spoke about how she and everyone else was "brainwashed". She saw how corrupted the system really was.

weaknesses:

I feel, honestly, that this was the worst book I have ever read. It was very shallow. She was very emotional and would cry at the slightest thing. She was very hardheaded and only did what Mao ZeDong said. I understand that a lot of things happened to her, but she just needed to get over it and move on.

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