Chosen for the 2009-2010 Great Lakes Great Books Award ballot for grades six to eightStarred reviews inPublishers Weekly andSchool Library JournalIn its excellence in representing political upheaval through the eyes of a child, this book belongs next to Peter Sis'sThe Wall; in its directness, next to the work of Allen Say. The indefatigable energy of Chen's brush, though, is all his own."-Publishers Weekly Chosen for the 2009-2010 Great Lakes Great Books Award ballot for grades six to eightStarred reviews inPublishers Weekly andSchool Library Journal"In its excellence in representing political upheaval through the eyes of a child, this book belongs next to Peter Sis'sThe Wall; in its directness, next to the work of Allen Say. The indefatigable energy of Chen's brush, though, is all his own."-Publishers Weekly " | Mao and Me by Chen Jiang Hong, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters