She is born the fourth girl in her Chinese family, and since her grandfather refuses to give her a name, she is called simply Four-Girl. When she is awkward or misbehaves, her family call her a devil, so Four-Girl goes to the foreign devils to find companionship and becomes a Christian.

As Four-Girl searches for her identity within Christian culture, she has visions of Joan of Arc, who appears to her to guide and encourage her in the faith. Four-Girl knows that she must find a calling, and learning the story of Joan helps Four-Girl to realize her purpose. She takes on a new Christian name, Vibiana, and fashions a life for herself with the Christians.

I really liked Four-Girl's character! She's curious and loud-mouthed, always asking questions and saying the wrong thing. She is impulsive and weird. She's very serious about serious things and gets frustrated that people don't take her seriously.
She wants to fight battles to protect her friends, but she comes to understand that there are more important things that violence and destruction can never touch. Her gradual journey to understand her new faith, and her discovery of the love of Christ was very touching.

I was interested to see that the Christians were not perfect good guys. They made mistakes and didn't show much wisdom. Most of their problem with the Chinese were all misunderstandings and rumor, and some criminals who used the Christian name as a political tool to con people. Both sides, Boxers and Christians, were ignorant and foolish, and judged whole people groups by the actions of a few. There's a historical commentary in there somewhere about repeating mistakes from the past.

I loved how Four-Girl's story entwined with Little Bao's story from Boxers. Especially at the end, everything came together beautifully and tragically. Brilliant writing, beautiful artwork, and an entrancing story!