“Perfectly depicted academic adversaries in a perennial favorite,” raves Chloe Gong, author of the New York Times bestsellers These Violent Delights and Our Violent Ends.
“Gloria Chao, author of American Panda and Rent a Boyfriend, praises this work as ‘utterly unique, thought-provoking, and beautifully penned.'”
In this debut YA novel that defies genre conventions, a young Chinese American girl discovers and capitalizes on her newfound ability to turn invisible, unveiling the scandalous secrets of her affluent classmates.
Alice Sun has always felt unseen in her prestigious Beijing international boarding school, where she stands out as the sole scholarship recipient among China’s wealthiest and most influential youth. However, her existence takes an extraordinary turn when she begins involuntarily disappearing—literally becoming invisible.
Facing the abrupt revelation that her parents can no longer afford her tuition, even with the scholarship, Alice devises a scheme to leverage her extraordinary power—she will uncover the hidden scandals desired by her classmates, for a fee.
Yet, as her endeavors escalate from trivial misdeeds to serious transgressions, Alice confronts a critical choice: to forsake her moral compass and potentially her life in pursuit of financial gain.
