Revolution Is Not a Dinner Party
by Ying Chang Compestine
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- Grade
- 4-12
- Genre
- Historical Fiction
- Realistic Fiction
Year Published 2007
Word Count 43,520
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 740L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.7
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 118284
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- History
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Communism
- Communism--Juvenile fiction
- Family
- Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976
- Physicians--Juvenile fiction
- China
- Physicians
- Family life
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Violence
- Families--China--Juvenile fiction
- Physicians--Fiction
- China--History--Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Values & Virtues
- History
- Family life--China--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical | Asia
- China--History--Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976--Juvenile fiction
- Persecution--Juvenile fiction
- Persecution--Fiction
- Persecution
- Communism--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Emotions & Feelings
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Awards & Distinctions 6

Notable Children's Books, 1995-2021
Commended, 2008

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2008

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2020
Selection, 2008

CALA Annual Best Book Award, 2008-2019
Winner, 2008
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