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The story is set at the end of the cultural revolution in wuhan, china. Revolution is not a dinner party is a 2008 bank street best childrens book of the year. The novel is about a young girl from an upperclass family facing persecution and other challenges brought upon the upper class living in communist china. Read unlimited books and audiobooks on the web, ipad, iphone and android. She has written over twenty books including a novel, revolution is not a dinner party, based on her life growing up during the chinese cultural revolution. The spokesperson for nestle maggi taste of asia products and a national authority on chinese cuisine and culture, she is the author of three cookbooks for adults, eight picture books for children, and one young adult novel.
Although her father has been jailed, her family starved and their books burned. Ying chang compestine revisits the cultural revolution. And like ling, i yearned for freedom and dreamed about going to america. Revolution is not a dinner party has 5 available editions to buy at half price books. Revolution is not a dinner party by ying chang compestine. Compestine revolution is not a dinner party pens a gruesome but delightful grouping of eight stories about socalled hungry ghoststhe spirits of people who often died hungry, prematurely. Download audiobooks by ying chang compestine to your device.
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Ying chang compestine is the awardwinning author of 20 books including fiction, picture books, and cookbooks. Download or stream revolution is not a dinner party by ying chang compestine. Revolution is not a dinner party is written so vividly and with so much care that this is one of my favorite books that i have ever read. Everything changes with the advent of chairman maos regime. American library association best books for young adults, yalsa best book for young adults, california childrens media award, silver, ncte notable childrens books in the language arts, books. Ying chang compestine is currently considered a single author. Wong was fragrant and warm like a red peony, which always. Picture book and cookbook author compestine the real story of stone soup turns to 1972 china as the setting for her first ya novel. Life isnt perfect, but, ling is happy, excels at school and loves studying english with her father. Wright, cochair chinese american librarians association best book award committee. I listened to the cd audiobook version of this story.
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