My Name Is Number 4: A True Story from the Cultural Revolution

A powerful and passionate memoir, My Name Is Number 4 is the gripping tale of one girl's life growing up during China's Cultural Revolution.

Number Four will have a difficult life. These are the words that were uttered upon Ting-xing Ye's birth. Soon this prophecy would prove only too true. . . .

Here is the real-life story about the fourth child in a family torn apart by China's Cultural Revolution. After the death of both of her parents, Ting-xing and her siblings endured brutal Red Guard attacks on their schools and even in their home. At the age of sixteen, Ting-xing is exiled to a prison farm far from the world she knows.

How she struggled through years of constant terror while keeping her spirit intact is at the heart of My Name Is Number 4. Haunting and inspiring, Ting-xing Ye's personal account of this horrific period in history is one that no reader will soon forget.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Published: 09/02/2008
ISBN: 9780312379872
Pages: 230
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.80d

Review Citations: Kirkus Review - Children 08/15/2008 pg. 896
School Library Journal 11/01/2008 pg. 149
Voice of Youth Advocates 12/01/2008 - Recommended - Readable