The Villain's Dance Sports_Gift_Guide and twelve-year-old Ji-li Jiang has

and twelve-year-old Ji-li Jiang has everything a girl could want: brains

For nearly thirty years she's been hiding from her previous identity

Then war is declared

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The Villain's Dance Sports_Gift_Guide and twelve-year-old Ji-li Jiang hasFinalist for the National Book Award for Translated Literature Full of wit, music, and a rollicking cast of characters, The Villain's Dance shows Fiston Mwanza Mujila is back with a bang. Zaire. Late 90's. Mobutu's thirtyyear reign is tottering. In Lubumbashi, the stubbornly homeless Sanza has fallen in with a trio of veteran street kids led by the devious Ngungi. A chance encounter with the mysterious Monsieur Guillaume seems to offer a way out . . .