Third graders elect a class monitor at the Evergreen Primary School in rural China, voting for the first time in their lives. Three candidates jump into the electoral process, and cutthroat competition, negative campaigning, insults, alliances, bribes, lies, promises, threats, and tears all ensue as democracy is birthed the hard way. You can’t take your eyes off the riveting twists and turns as three devious aspirants and their crafty parents plot their strategies and devise dirty tricks for victory.  LB