Book Recommendations

[Anonymous]

Thank you Daisy. This is one more source I can use during the Anne Frank cluster. My students can anlayze different girls' perspectives.

[Anonymous]

That is a good point, they are all girls' perspectives....interesting. I wonder if there are any boys' perpective. We probably have heard a few novels in class, but I will possibly research some accounts from that perspective.

[Anonymous]

I mentioned this book before, it kind of follows along the line of the movie To Live. It starts in Manchuria area (or Northern China), but I really enjoyed it. I read it for my Modern China class. It's called Wild Swans: http://www.amazon.com/Wild-Swans-Three-Daughters-China/dp/0743246985/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1343933143&sr=8-1&keywords=wild+swans

This is another middle grade book. It's won awards, but also has criticisms, too. http://www.amazon.com/Revolution-Dinner-Party-Chang-Compestine/dp/0312581491/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1343933353&sr=1-1&keywords=revolution+is+not+a+dinner+party

This is ya/middle grade about a girl in the cultural revolution: http://www.amazon.com/Red-Scarf-Girl-Cultural-Revolution/dp/0061667714/ref=pd_sim_b_4.

This is a male perspective from the cultural revolution: http://www.amazon.com/Son-Revolution-Liang-Heng/dp/0394722744/ref=sip_rech_dp_4.

[Anonymous]

I think people have shared about the book Wild Swan, which is mesmerizing! Another book, not for students, is John Blofeld's City of Lingering Splendour, subtitled A Frank Account of Old Peking's Exotic Pleasures, about life there in1934, documenting pleasures now gone, and Japanese cruelty. A primary source, it is fascinating.

[Anonymous]

Thanks Tiffany! I am sure these titles could prove helpful not only to middle school teachers, but high school as well. I find that I can take literature, regardless of the reading level and challenge my students to consider it from another angle. Thanks for including the links.

[Rob_Hugo@PortNW]

"Falling Leaves" by Adeline Yen Mah
-I read this book a couple of years and I loved it. I would recommend it. Mah in the book through her experiences is able to discuss the key events of the time like the Cultural Revolution, etc. and the effects of being a girl and living in Hong Kong during that time. It is really moving and interesting to see it through a girls perspective.

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