Revolution+is+Not+a+Dinner+Party

This book was about a girl named Ling and her family who live in China during the revolution. Her parents work at the hospital and are labeled bourgeois. That means they are the enemy. Their friends who live upstairs are taken away so their son comes to live with Ling's family. He is later taken away by the police. When Ling's father gets arrested for helping the enemy Nui, who is the son of their friends, is helping them arrest her father. Her dad is sent to jail. Her and her mom have to fight for food and each day at school Ling is tormented because of her label. One day she defends herself and hits a boy who is trying to cut her hair. Her mom is worried that they will now be arrested. Ling is forced to publicly apologize for what she did. Just when they think they are about to get arrested, the man who is causing this gets arrested for helping the enemy. Her dad is let out of jail and can become a doctor again.

I learned a lot about the Chinese culture. They eat everything from the animal, even the bone marrow. They do eat different foods that have different spices on them. I also learned that girls like to keep their hair long and it is awful if it gets cut off. They're also very serious about school because she gets to skip a grade and they have school six days a week. ~Amelia

I really liked this book because it was interesting to see what happens to all the people when they don't have a good government. It was also interesting to see who they could trust and who they couldn't. I would recommend this book but only to people who don't mind reading more about facts and less about action. ~Amelia