<P>In 1966 Ji&ndash;li Jiang turned twelve. An outstanding student and leader, she had everything: brains, the admiration of her peers, and a bright future in China's Communist Party. But that year China's leader, Mao Ze&ndash;dong, launched the Cultural Revolution, and everything changed. Over the next few years Ji&ndash;li and her family were humiliated and scorned by former friends, neighbors, and co&ndash;workers. They lived in constant terror of arrest. Finally, with the detention of her father, Ji&ndash;li faced the most difficult choice of her life. </P><P> Told with simplicity and grace, this is the true story of one family's courage and determination during one of the most terrifying eras of the twentieth century. </P><P> Ages 11+</P>