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{{infobox Book | <!-- See [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels]] or [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Books]] -->
| name = Red Scarf Girl
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| image = [[Image:Red scarf girl.jpg|200px]]
| image_caption = The Out-of-Print Red Scarf Girl bookcover
| author = [[Ji-li Jiang]]
| illustrator =
| cover_artist = Hilary Zarycky (Cover Design)
| country = [[United States]]
| language = [[English language|English]]
| series =
| genre = [[Memoir]]
| publisher = [[HarperTrophy]]
| pub_date = 1998
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| media_type = Print ([[Hardback]] & [[Paperback]])
| pages = 272 pp
| isbn = 9780064462082
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'''''Red Scarf Girl''''' is a [[memoir]] written by [[Ji-li Jiang]] about her personal experiences during the [[Cultural Revolution]] of [[China]]. ▼
▲'''''Red Scarf Girl''''' is a [[memoir]] written by [[Ji-li Jiang]] about her personal experiences during the [[Cultural Revolution]] of [[China]]. There is also a foreword by David Herny Hwang
The book starts while she is a 12 year old still living in Shanghai, [[China]]. Ji-Li is at the top of her class, the ''da-dui-zhang'', or Student Council President, of her school. However, her father prevents her from auditioning for the Central Liberation Army Arts Academy due to her class status. Her family is considered a Black Family, because her grandfather was a landlord! Many people accuse Ji-Li of her families old ways. She gets caught up in the insults and could no longer take it. But Ji-Li must deal with this difficult choice between her future or her family, as this is the primary focus for the entire book. This book describes her experiences with the cultural revolution, including being betrayed by her closest friends, helping to destroy the "four olds" and being forced by the government to write bad things about her teachers. ▼
▲The book starts while she is a 12 year old still living in [[Shanghai]], [[China]]. Ji-Li is at the top of her class, the ''da-dui-zhang'', or Student Council President, of her school. However, her father prevents her from auditioning for the Central Liberation Army Arts Academy due to her class status. Her family is considered a Black Family, because her grandfather was a landlord! Many people accuse Ji-Li of her families old ways. She gets caught up in the insults and could no longer take it. But Ji-Li must deal with this difficult choice between her future or her family, as this is the primary focus for the entire book. This book describes her experiences with the cultural revolution, including being betrayed by her closest friends, helping to destroy the "four olds" and being forced by the government to write bad things about her teachers.
After the book ends, it reveals that Ji-Li grew up, moved to the [[U.S.]] and began to learn English. When she finally spoke fluent English, she started writing this book.
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===Afterwards===
In the Afterwards, Ji Li states that she
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