If I could ask Ji-Li Jiang one question, it would be: How did you continue to act so grown up during such an awful time? This story takes place in China during the cultural revolution. Ji-Li comes from a family with a bad political status and this holds her back. Even though sometimes it seems as though Ji-Li is younger than she is, she is mature and collected during the book. Her whole childhood seems frightening and stressful, and I cant imagine living in a time where my grandfather's life could take away some of my opportunities. This book is slow moving, and possibly not very page turning, but it tells an amazing story about one girl living in an oppressive society, and that book taught me so much about the cultural revolution that I would not have known without it.
- Isabella, 7th grade, Amigos
