She annihilates standardized tests and the bad guys.
Genie Lo is one among droves of Ivy-hopeful overachievers in her sleepy
Bay Area suburb. You know, the type who wins. When she's not crushing
it at volleyball or hitting the books, Genie is typically working on how
to crack the elusive Harvard entry code.
But when her hometown comes under siege from Hellspawn straight out of
Chinese folklore, her priorities are dramatically rearranged. Enter
Quentin Sun, a mysterious new kid in class who becomes Genie's
self-appointed guide to battling demons. While Genie knows Quentin only
as an attractive transfer student with an oddly formal command of the
English language, in another reality he is Sun Wukong, the mythological
Monkey King incarnate--right down to the furry tail and penchant for
peaches.
Suddenly, acing the SATs is the least of Genie's worries. The fates of
her friends, family, and the entire Bay Area all depend on her summoning
an inner power that Quentin assures her is strong enough to level the
very gates of Heaven. But every second Genie spends tapping into the
secret of her true nature is a second in which the lives of her loved
ones hang in the balance.