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Title
The diary of Ma Yan - the daily life of a Chinese schoolgirl
Author
Ma Yan
format
Paperback / softback
Publisher
Virago
Language
English
UK Publication Date
20040701

No more money for school this year. I till the land in order to pay for my brothers' schooling. When I think of the happy times at school, I can almost imagine myself there. How I want to study!' - Ma Yan, aged 13

When the journalist Pierre Haski was passed three small brown notebooks in a remote province in Northeastern China, an extraordinary friendship began. 'A few years ago in the remote village of Zhangjiashu in Ningxia region of northern China Ma Yan was distraught because her parents could not afford to keep her in school. Today she is the 16-year-old author of Ma Yan's Diary which has appeared in seventeen languages . Thanks to its publication, her family is no longer poor, and 250 other Ningxia youngsters, mostly girls, now have scholarships to continue studying' New York Times

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Ma Yan lives in North-eastern China

This gem of a book is a heart-rending story... a perfect example of the strength of the human spirit. The must-read of the year.
BELFAST TELEGRAPH

A testament to the potency of the written word, and a shocking reminder that an education, whether it is a right or a luxury, is of significance beyond measure
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Inspirational.
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Type
BOOK
Keyword Index
Teenage girls - China - Diaries.|China - Social conditions - 2000-
Country of Publication
England
Number of Pages
224

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