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If You Could See the Sun by Ann Liang

If You Could See the Sun

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Ann Liang

Inkyard Press · Ebook · October 11, 2022

"Academic rivals portrayed to perfection… An all-time top favorite." —Chloe Gong, #1 New York Times bestselling author of These Violent Delights and Our Violent Ends "Utterly unique, thought-provoking, and wonderfully written." —Gloria Chao, author of American Panda and Rent a Boyfriend In this genre-bending , speculative YA debut, a Chinese American girl monetizes her strange new invisibility powers by discovering and selling her wealthy classmates’ most scandalous secrets.

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Who it’s for
A contemporary-fantasy setup with enough romance to keep the pages moving.
Genres
Magical Realism for Teens, YA Fantasy Romance, Boarding School YA
Published
Inkyard Press, October 11, 2022

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"Academic rivals portrayed to perfection… An all-time top favorite." —Chloe Gong, #1 New York Times bestselling author of These Violent Delights and Our Violent Ends "Utterly unique, thought-provoking, and wonderfully written." —Gloria Chao, author of American Panda and Rent a Boyfriend In this genre-bending , speculative YA debut, a Chinese American girl monetizes her strange new invisibility powers by discovering and selling her wealthy classmates’ most scandalous secrets.

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Alice Sun has always felt invisible at her elite Beijing international boarding school, where she’s the only scholarship student among China’s most rich and influential teens. But then she starts uncontrollably turning invisible—actually invisible. When her parents drop the news that they can no longer afford her tuition, even with the scholarship, Alice hatches a plan to monetize her strange new power—she’ll discover the scandalous secrets her classmates want to know, for a price. But as the tasks escalate from petty scandals to actual crimes, Alice must decide if it’s worth losing her conscience—or even her life.

Fresh Friction

A contemporary-fantasy setup with enough romance to keep the pages moving.

Come here for

  • Asian American YA angle
  • class-and-inequality lens

Expect

  • Teen-friendly category fit
  • Works for class discussion

Where it sits

Magical Realism for Teens74%
Boarding School YA28%
YA Fantasy Romance24%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Coming of Age
  • Contemporary YA Fantasy
  • Dark YA Fantasy
  • YA Fantasy Romance
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  • Asia for Teens
  • Asian American YA
  • Boarding School YA
  • Class & Inequality for Teens
Authors
Ann Liang
Publisher
Inkyard Press
Published
October 11, 2022
Format
Ebook
Reading lane
Coming of Age