If You Could See the Sun
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4.4 • 97 Ratings
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Publisher Description
"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.
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.
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A Chinese American scholarship student with an inexplicable ability to turn invisible uses her newfound power to monetize her peers' secrets in Liang's imaginative debut. Unlike her affluent classmates, 17-year-old Alice Sun has only her hard-earned "established streak of success" going for her. After receiving news that her parents can't afford the tuition for her next semester at the prestigious Beijing-based Airington International Boarding School, she's faced with transferring to a local Beijing academy or moving in with her auntie to attend school in Maine. But when she suddenly finds herself able to turn invisible, she uses this gift for leverage. With help from her academic rival Henry Li, they anonymously create the Beijing Ghost, a phone app that allows students to request Alice uncover secrets and scandals for a fee. As the tasks escalate to a criminal level, however, the cost becomes greater than Alice anticipated. Liang paints a clear picture of what it's like to struggle for certain advantages that are seemingly handed to others, skillfully exploring themes of classism and privilege via a sympathetic protagonist who feels—sometimes literally—invisible. Ages 13–up.
Customer Reviews
See AllFor the girls who over achieve and want more than they have
Thank you to the author for writing this book firstly.
Secondly, go out of your way to read this book. Take time, carve out some time to read it because its that good. Especially for a debut novel, I’m beyond impressed. We’ve all read books where even in matured authors the writing lacks so for the prose in this book to be even average is impressing. Besides that, Ms. Liang here captures the pressures, the greed, and stress of striving for more in life. To not accept where you are but work hard for a finer life because well- you just want it. Alice’s reasons are far better than mine however lol
Amazing read
Such a cute book!
I love Alice and Henry so much and I love how the story unfolds.
love this book, it is the best ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Best book i’ve ever read.
Writing is immaculate, will read anything Ann Liang writes. Love her 🤞