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When You Wish upon a Lantern

Written by: Gloria Chao
Narrated by: Carolyn Kang, Dylan J. Locke
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Publisher's Summary

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.

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.

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. It may boost sales and save the store, but she can't do it alone . . . and Kai is the only one who cares enough to help.

While working on their covert missions, Liya and Kai rekindle their friendship—and maybe more. 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?

* This audiobook edition includes a downloadable PDF that contains a glossary of Mandarin words from the book.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2023 Gloria Chao (P)2023 Listening Library

What the critics say

A Buzzfeed Most Anticipated Book!

A Popsugar Best Book of 2023!

A Common Sense Media Book of the Month!

★ "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)

"Chao writes some of YA's best romances, and this is her greatest yet."—Buzzfeed

“A culturally rich, luminous love story.”—Booklist

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