A Junior Library Guild selection

Included in New York Public Library's list "Children's Books: 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing"

Named a "Best Children's Book of the Year" by Bank Street College of Education

"Altogether this is a masterfully told picture book and one whose timeless message will resonate with many readers."-School Library Journal

Chosen for the 20092010 Great Lakes Great Books Award ballot for grades six to eight

Starred reviews in Publishers Weekly and School Library Journal

"In its excellence in representing political upheaval through the eyes of a child, this book belongs next to Peter Sis's The 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