Mao's Last Dancer

This is about a poor Chinese family that lives in one of the poorest cities in China. The family had lived there for years. They had about seven children, four boys and three girls. The children where taken care of by the aunt who's name was Niang and the Grand mother. The uncle and grand father helped with the cutting down of trees and fixing things around in the house. A few years later one of the boys wanted to dance as a ballet dancer. in the end it turned out that the same boy competed in a city competition. All the other dancers had failed to compete due to injuries. So the boy was about to step up to compete until .....

This book got me addicted to reading.
I would have to say that the book affected me because it showed me how others are way less fortunate.