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In continuing the revolution is not a dinner party, mick kelly does a good job of explaining the origins, development, and reactionary reality of the chinese student movement, as well as its relationship to chinese society and the chinese communist party ccp in the 1980s. Revolution is not a dinner party won many awards, including the california book award for young adult fiction, made the 2007 publishers weekly best childrens fiction list, and was named one of the american library associations best books for young adults in 2008, and was nominated for the california young readers medal in 2012. I had a hard time putting the book down and i have actually learned way more about the chinese cultural revolution from reading the book than i have from my history class. Many of her emotions and reactions to events draw on my own experiences during the cultural revolution, and her way of thinking reflects the way i saw the world as a child. Revolution is not a dinner party by compestine, ying chang. Then mao zedong launches chinas infamous cultural revolution. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading revolution is not a dinner party. Revolution is not a dinner party kindle edition by ying chang. Aug 14, 2007 the book revolution is not a dinner party is a wonderful story that tells about the main character, lings experiment during the cultural revolution.
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