My Name is Number 4: A True Story
A powerful and passionate memoir for young readers, Ting-xing Ye tells, through the eyes of a child, the moving story of growing up in China during the Cultural Revolution.
A powerful and passionate memoir for young readers, Ting-xing Ye tells, through the eyes of a child, the moving story of growing up in China during the Cultural Revolution.
When Ting-xing Ye was born her aunt declared, 'Ah Si shi ge lao lu ming' - Number Four will have a difficult life - for the signs were unlucky. Events soon bore out this cruel prediction.
Here is the true story of fourteen-year-old Ting-xing's tumultuous life turned upside down by China's Cultural Revolution. After the death of both her parents, Ting-xing and her four siblings endure the brutality of Red Guard attacks on their schools and even their house as they struggle against poverty and hunger. At sixteen, Ting-xing herself is exiled to a prison farm far from home.
Full of personal and historical detail about this dramatic period in Chinese history, My Name is Number 4 has at its centre the feisty and courageous Ting-xing, fighting to survive as a young woman caught up in events beyond her control.
SKU | 110746 |
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ISBN | 9780385663052 |
Language | English |
Product Type | Paperback Books |
Book Type | Young Adult Nonfiction |
Primary Contributor | Ting-xing Ye |
Age Groups | Ages 10 to 12, Ages 13 to 15 |
Publisher | Penguin Random House |