The Diary Of Ma Yan: The Struggles And Hopes Of A Chinese Schoolgirl - Rilegato

Ma, Yan; Haski, Pierre

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9780060764968: The Diary Of Ma Yan: The Struggles And Hopes Of A Chinese Schoolgirl

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ISBN 10: 0060764961 ISBN 13: 9780060764968

Casa editrice: Harpercollins Childrens Books, 2005

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Thrust into the hands of a foreign journalist by her illiterate mother, Ma Yan's diary describes her struggles to attend school in a drought-stricken corner of rural China--a place where education is the only hope for overcoming a life of crushing poverty.

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Recensione:

“Heartbreakingly inspirational.” (AsianWeek)

“Will push readers to a new understanding of the hardscrabble existence endured by many . . . [and] underscore how much teens everywhere have in common.” (ALA Booklist)

“Paint[s] a vivid portrait of the daily life of a child in a part of the world seldom visited.” (School Library Journal)

“Affecting. Will open youngster’s eyes.” (Publishers Weekly)

“Young readers are likely to rally in support of a peer’s struggle.” (Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books)

“A compelling, heartbreaking story of poverty, deprivation, and hope.” (Vancouver Sun)

L'autore:

Ma Yan is a teenager from Ningxia, China. She was thirteen and fourteen when she wrote these diary entries. Now sixteen, Ma Yan hopes to attend a university: "I want to study journalism," says Ma Yan. "My purpose is to keep the whole world informed, to report the poverty and real life in this area."

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