(3) YA Fourteen authors representing a range of races and ethnicities reflect on this tumultuous year's historic events, including the assassinations of Dr. King and Robert Kennedy, anti–Vietnam War demonstrations, the Chinese Cultural Revolution, etc. The contributors incorporate personal memories, interviews, archival material, and scholarship when presenting their stories chronologically. An excellent, timely contribution considering today's political and cultural upheaval.

Reviewer: Rita Soltan

(2) 4-6 Translated by Helen Wang. Illustrated by Meilo So. In this story set during the Chinese Cultural Revolution, seven-year-old Sunflower is taken in by a kind village family after her artist father's untimely death. Nainai (grandma), Baba (father), Mama, and Sunflower's friend Bronze all care for the girl fiercely, but life in 1960s rural China is filled with hardship. The emotional depth and unflinching realism help sustain readers' interest.

Reviewer: Roxanne Hsu Feldman | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 2017

(3) K-3 Illustrated by Greg Ruth. During the Chinese Cultural Revolution, Tai Shan's father is sent to a labor camp outside the village, but they stay connected by flying kites on their far-apart hillsides. The vivid kites, appearing in red and blue in the muted-tone art, resonate as symbols of freedom and connection between the father and son. An author's note details Jiang's real-life inspiration for the powerful story.

Reviewer: Melinda Greenblatt

(4) 4-6 A newspaper format is used to explore the history of four political revolutions. The oversized pages, illustrated with color artwork, use fictional contemporaneous articles, editorials, and even advertisements to provide a superficial view of the American and French revolutions in the eighteenth century, as well as the twentieth-century Russian and Chinese upheavals. The journalistic angle makes the volume entertaining, if slight. Ind.

Reviewer: Peter D. Sieruta