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Red Scarf Girl, by Ji-li Jiang is the fascinating story of Ji-li and her family's experiences during the Cultural Revolution in China. The Cultural Revolution began in 1966 when Ji-li is twelve. Up until that time she is very happy with life in China. She is a good student who is admired by her classmates. Then one day she is selected to audition for the dance team at the Central Liberation Army Arts Academy. She is elated and honored at the opportunity and excitedly tells her family that evening at dinner. Her parents tell her that she cannot audition. There would be a political background investigations check that her family could not pass. Over the course of the nove, we share what Ji-li and her family lived through..... their fears, the problems, and the wrong doings of the time.