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Revolution is Not a Dinner Party
 Inspired by a true story and described as "Anne Frank during China's Cultural Revolution," this powerful novel is for adults and young adults alike.
Now available in paperback!
Awards:
- California Book Award for Young Adult Literature
- 2008 ALA Best Books For Young Adults
- 2008 ALA Notable Children's Books
- 2007 Publishers Weekly Best Children's Fiction Book List
- 2007 San Francisco Chronicle Best Children's Fiction Book List
- 2008 Chinese American Librarian Association Best Book
- 2007 New York Public Library 100 Best Titles for Reading and Sharing
- 2007 Fall Book Sense Children's Picks
- 2007 Parent's Choice Silver Honor
- 2007 Cybils Award Nomination for Young Adult Fiction
- 2008 Tayshas Reading List (Texas)
- 2007 Chicago Public Library Best of the Best
- 2007 Cleveland Public Library Celebrate With Books
- 2007 Cuyahoga County Public Library Great Books for Kids
- 2008 Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People —
CBC and the National Council for Social Studies
- 2008 IRA Notable Books for a Global Society
- 2008 NCTE Award
- 2008 Capitol Choices — Best Books of the Year, Washington, D.C.
- 2008 New York Public Library's Teen Age List
- 2008 Cooperative Children's Book Center — Best of the Year
- 2008 Bank Street College of Education — Best Children's Book
- 2008 Notable Children's Book in the Language Arts
- 2008 Book of the Year Award —
Northern California Independent Booksellers Association
- 2008 Women's National Book Association's Judy Lopez Memorial Awards Honor
- 2008-09 Maine Student Book Award
- 2008 Notable Children's Books in the English Language Arts
- 2009 ATPE Book of the Month
- 2009 Sakura Medal Book
- 2008-2009 Nominated for the Maine Student Book Award
Reviews:
- A vivid account of one of the sad follies of history, made rich with details that only an impressionable young witness could supply — The Christian Science Monitor
- In her spare, lyrical style, [she] vividly portrays a world turned upside down — San Francisco Chronicle
- A "gripping account of life during China's Cultural Revolution" Publisher's Weekly Starred review
- "The Chinese Revolution is up close and personal in this touching historical novel" — Book Sense Picks for Autumn 2007
- Lyrical yet gripping — Kirkus Reviews
- "An excellent addition to historical fiction about this period in China's history." — School Library Journal
- "Beautifully descriptive phrases allow this autobiographical fiction to come alive…Violence is highlighted in vivid detail — Voya
- "Like her cookbooks and children's books, food plays an important role in her novel…" — Lamorinda Sun
- "…a great book – there's no other way to put it." — Virginia Pilot
- "[The] clipped, lyrical first person narrative sets a naïve child's struggle to survive in the political panorama of spies and slogans." — Booklist
- Gut wrenching. Riveting... significant — Richie Partington
- A vantage point rarely seen in books about this era... An inspiring story — Shelf Awareness
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