My Name Is Number 4
Author | : Ting-Xing Ye |
Publisher | : Macmillan + ORM |
Total Pages | : 244 |
Release | : 2008-09-02 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781429989725 |
ISBN-13 | : 1429989726 |
Rating | : 4/5 (726 Downloads) |
Download or read book My Name Is Number 4 written by Ting-Xing Ye and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2008-09-02 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 horri?c period in history is one that no reader will soon forget.