The struggle to get into a top-tier college consumes sixteen-year-old Genies every waking thought. But when she discovers shes a celestial spirit whos powerful enough to bash through the gates of heaven with her fists, her perfectionist existence is shattered.
Enter Quentin, a transfer student from China whose tone-deaf assertiveness beguiles Genie to the brink of madness. Quentin nurtures Genies bodacious transformationsometimes gently, sometimes aggressivelyas her sleepy suburb in the Bay Area comes under siege from hell-spawn.
This epic YA debut draws from Chinese folklore, features a larger-than-life heroine, and perfectly balances the realities of Genies grounded high school life with the absurd supernatural world she finds herself commanding.
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