With rich cultural traditions, mouthwatering food, and whimsical hijinks, Gloria Chao shows us the kind of love that feels like magic." " When You Wish Upon a Lantern tackles the sting of grief and the fear of change in a poignant coming of age journey. Kerri Maniscalco, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Kingdom of the Wicked When You Wish Upon a Lantern is officially one of my favorite romances." "A delightful and enchanting page-turner from start to finish. Axie Oh, New York Times bestselling author of The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea and XOXO I wish I could read it for the first time again!" "A love letter to community, culture, family, and first love, featuring the cutest will-they-or-won’t-they couple, When You Wish Upon a Lantern feels like the warmest of hugs. Emiko Jean, New York Times bestselling author of Tokyo Ever After and Tokyo Dreaming "A heartfelt story about the beauty of Chinese culture, first loves, and finding magical moments in everyday life. “A culturally rich, luminous love story.” "Chao writes some of YA's best romances, and this is her greatest yet." ★ "Laugh-out-loud dialogue, the pair’s simultaneously innocent and snarky alternating POVs, and a vividly captured Chicago Chinatown setting imbue this memorable narrative with warmth and joy." - Publishers Weekly (starred review) But when their feuding families and changing futures threaten to tear them apart again, can they find a way to make their own wishes come true? While working on their covert missions, Liya and Kai rekindle their friendship-and maybe more. and Kai is the only one who cares enough to help. It may boost sales and save the store, but she can't do it alone. Then Liya discovers her family's wishing lantern store is struggling, and she decides to resume a tradition she had with her beloved late grandmother: secretly fulfilling the wishes people write on the lanterns they send into the sky.
Liya and Kai had been best friends since they were little kids, but all that changed when a humiliating incident sparked The Biggest Misunderstanding of All Time-and they haven’t spoken since.
Acclaimed author Gloria Chao creates real-world magic in this luminous romance about teens who devote themselves to granting other people's wishes but are too afraid to let themselves have their own hearts' desires-each other.
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