The release date for the English version of 'Red Scarf Girl' by
Ji-li Jiang is Jan 1999. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
Red Scarf Girl is an astounding real account of one girl's bravery and tenacity during one of the most horrific periods of the twentieth century. It is moving, honest, and extremely personal.
Twelve-year-old Ji-li Jiang had everything a girl could ask for in 1966: popularity, intelligence, and a promising future in Communist China. However, it is also the year when Mao Zedong, the leader of China, starts the Cultural Revolution, which is when Ji-li's world starts to collapse. People who had formerly been her neighbors and friends turn against her and her family over the course of the next several years, making them live in continual fear of being arrested. And Ji-li finds herself in the most challenging situation of her life when her father is ultimately sent behind bars.