Bibliograph

The diary of Ma Yan, the struggles and hopes of a Chinese schoolgirl, edited and introduced by Pierre Haski ; translated from the French by Lisa Appignanesi

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Label

The diary of Ma Yan, the struggles and hopes of a Chinese schoolgirl, edited and introduced by Pierre Haski ; translated from the French by Lisa Appignanesi

Language

eng

resource.biographical

autobiography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The diary of Ma Yan

Oclc number

11089537090

Responsibility statement

edited and introduced by Pierre Haski ; translated from the French by Lisa Appignanesi

Sub title

the struggles and hopes of a Chinese schoolgirl

Summary

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

Target audience

pre adolescent

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