The Ana Edit Issue #13: Book Review

If You Could See the Sun is a young adult low fantasy or magical realist novel, depending on how one defines those terms, that follows Alice Sun, a low-income teen at an academically taxing school for the rich. When Alice's parents allude to taking her out of school, Alice uses her newfound invisibility to raise her tuition money by spying on her classmates. What follows ranges from innocent shenanigans to high-level crimes. The novel explores utilitarian moral quandaries. Is the promise of a better future worth breaking fundamental ethical principles? Or is becoming the type of person one despises too great a cost?