Description

A lyrical, mythology-tinged debut novel about a Chinese-Filipino teenager whose world of daydreams is destroyed by a family secretperfect for fans of Emily X.R. Pan and Ann Liang.

Jasmine Cheng has grown up on stories spun by her beautiful, free-spirited mother. Together, theyre the Phoenix and Dragon. Jasmines father is the god Pangu, creator of the heavens and earth. Her mother may have boyfriends, but Jasmine chases them away. For her mother, love brings chaos, sleepless nights, and frightening episodes, and its Jasmines job to keep their home life stableespecially now that a social worker has started to keep tabs on them.

When the sudden arrival of Cal, her mothers old flame, fractures their delicate world, events unfold that will send Jasmine on a cross-country journey to the West Coastand into her past. Trapped in a tangle of fantasy and reality, Jasmine becomes determined to find the truth, even while her mothers refusal to be honest drives a deeper wedge between them. Will the crack in their fantasy destroy her, or finally let the light in?

Selina Li Bis magical debut perfectly portrays the pain of growing up in a less-than-magical world and introduces a remarkable new voice in young adult fiction.

Author: Selina Li Bi
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Soho Teen
Published: 04/01/2025
Pages: 320
Weight: 1.25lbs
ISBN: 9781641296489
Language: English