IT'S 1966, AND TWELVE-YEAR-OLD JI-LI JIANG HAS EVERYTHING A GIRL COULD WANT: BRAINS, TONS OF FRIENDS, AND A BRIGHT FUTURE IN COMMUNIST CHINA. BUT IT'S ALSO THE YEAR THAT CHINA'S LEADER, MAO ZE-DONG, LAUNCHES THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION-AND JI-LI'S WORLD BEGINS TO FALL APART....
