《New York Times》暢銷作家Jordan Ifueko首部中階小說，將舞台設在光鮮卻失序的未來洛杉磯。
本書描寫十三歲的Valentine為尋找失蹤的姊姊Mango，循著神祕簡訊來到一間波霸奶茶店，卻意外被捲入「Genie Realm」。在那裡，孩子化身為「genies」，透過實現願望為掌控Gloss Angeles的巨型企業Trio Trust提供能量。若想回到現實、救回姊姊，她只能參加殘酷的Genie Game，在願望競賽中以智慧與膽識爭取勝利。
隨著排名攀升，閃亮舞台下的黑暗逐漸浮現。本書節奏明快，融合奇幻、企業陰謀與姊妹情誼，既具娛樂張力，也帶出對權力與公平的思索，是一部兼具想像力與思辨性的成長故事。
From New York Tim es bestselling author Jordan Ifueko comes a dazzling middle-grade debut set in a glitzy, dystopian Los Angeles where a girl must
compete in a magical competition to rescue her forgotten sister - armed only with her brain, her boldness and a talking boba shop.
One wish could change everything. But what if the game is rigged? Thirteen-year-old Valentine Adesanya is desperate to find her missing big sister, Mango. So w hen a mysterious text from Mango leads her to a boba shop, Valentine follow s. But w hen she arrives, instead of finding her sister, she's pulled into the Genie Realm, a magical w orld w here kids become 'genies' and grant w ishes to pow er the Trio Trust, the mega-corporations secretly running Gloss Angeles.
To escape and rescue Mango, Valentine must compete in the Genie Game: a w ishgranting contest w here only cleverness, grit and a little chaos w ill get her to the
top. But as she climbs the leaderboard, Valentine uncovers a monstrous secret buried beneath the glittering surface. Has the game been rigged against her since
the start? How did the Trio Trust get so pow erful? And w hy do they seem so afraid of Valentine Adesanya?
