hold on and not give up. All schools are then closed and Ji-Li and her classmates are sent to the countryside to do hard labor on the fields. She comes back and takes care of her family, choosing not to betray her father when requested to criticize him. Eventually, Ji-Li moves to the United States of America. Ji-Li started a company to bring the western and Chinese cultures together, the East West Exchange. Reception Publishers Weekly stated that the book's "clarity" is not inhibited by its "passionate tone", and that using non-overt ways to criticize political corruption and authoritarianism was an astute technique. Kirkus Reviews stated that the book is "a very painful, very personal- -therefore accessible--history." Cindy Kane of Common Sense Media recommended the book for persons ages twelve and older and ranked it four of five stars. See also Red scarf References External links Red Scarf Girl Author's booksite 1998 non-fiction books Chinese memoirs HarperCollins books Books about the Cultural Revolution Literature by Chinese-American women