When You Wish Upon a Lantern -- Gloria Chao, Hardcover

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?

Author: Gloria Chao
Publisher: Viking Books for Young Readers
Published: 02/14/2023
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.60w x 1.40d
ISBN: 9780593464359
Age Range: 12-UP

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 12/01/2022
Publishers Weekly 01/02/2023
Booklist 02/15/2023 pg. 54