About the time her parents tell her they can no longer afford her tuition at a prestigious Beijing international boarding school, Chinese American Alice Sun realizes that she can turn invisible. With all of her hopes riding on getting a scholarship to a prestigious school, getting a good job, and lifting her family out of poverty, Alice decides to use her abilities for profit, by hiring herself out to her classmates. However, when the jobs get increasingly dangerous and morally questionable, she begins to wonder if the sacrifice is worth it.