This is the story of a boy and his friend, Luo. They are the sons of affluent professionals, condemned to forever labor in the harsh mountains of the countryside, unless they can somehow overcome their family's shame, a three in a thousand chance in the face of one of the most oppressive social upheavals in history- the Cultural Revolution.
BY CAROLINE ZHONG, DONTA LEWIS, JUSTIN KATZ, BRIANNA ZENON
