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Red Scarf Girl by Ji-li Jiang Red Scarf Girl was written by Ji-li Jiang and the underlying theme throughout the memoir is loyalty to your family. The author, Ji-li Jiang grew up in China during the Cultural Revolution in 1966, led by China’s leader, Chairman Mao Zedong. This memoir focuses on Ji-li Jiang’s childhood and how her life is dramatically changed by the Cultural Revolution. I think this memoir is very well-written and it opened my eyes to really comprehend how different everyone is from one another. The author can interest any reader because her writing style is very easy and full of rich vocabulary. Ji-li Jiang is a girl in her teens that lives in an apartment with her Grandma, Mom, Dad and her two younger siblings,
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