’No more money for school this year. I till the land in order toay for my brothers’ schooling. When I think of the hay times atschool, I can almost imagine myself there. How I want to study!’ -Ma Yan, aged 13 When the journalist ierre Haski was assed threesmall brown notebooks in a remote rovince in Northeastern China,an extraordinary friendshi began. ’A few years ago in the remotevillage of Zhangjiashu in Ningxia region of northern China Ma Yanwas distraught because her arents could not afford to kee her inschool. Today she is the 16-year-old author of Ma Yan’s Diary whichhas aeared in seventeen languages . Thanks to its ublication,her family is no longer oor, and 250 other Ningxia youngsters,mostly girls, now have scholarshis to continue studying’ New YorkTimes
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