Na Liu
Autor(a) de Little White Duck: A Childhood in China
Obras de Na Liu
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- Sexo
- female
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- Obras
- 1
- Membros
- 262
- Popularidade
- #87,814
- Avaliação
- 3.7
- Resenhas
- 28
- ISBNs
- 8
The thing about this book is that the material was so unknown to me. How many children's books tackle what life was like for an average Chinese girl during that time? Indeed, the author clearly states at the end of the book that she wanted to capture the stories of her youth because knowledge of that time seems to be fading. I'm so glad there's a book that fills in this experience for young readers.
Though our protagonist is very young, ranging from four years old to maybe eight, this is a book for middle-grade readers. I think it's a great starting point for talking about late 20th century Chinese history. It could be followed up with a biography of Mao Zedong or compared to [b:Red Scarf Girl|413432|Red Scarf Girl|Ji-li Jiang|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174522009s/413432.jpg|2411038]. Red Scarf Girl is so scary that this offers a balanced view and casts the time in the neutral POV of a young child who sees the positive (New Year traditions and celebrations) with the negative (visiting dirt poor relatives in the country).… (mais)