"[A collection of essays examining] issues of human exploitation ... [and pointing] out various groups in many parts of the world who work under a slavery system because the people who run businesses find slavery profitable."--page 16.
"Nalia, a gorgeous, fierce eighteen-year-old jinni, is pitted against two magnetic adversaries, both of whom want her--and need her--to make a their wishes come true"--Provided by publisher.
Treated like an outsider by Ozark Mountain neighbors who regard her mother's disappearance years earlier with suspicion, sixteen-year-old Lucy is further haunted by a friend's murder, which compels her to investigate family secrets and sacrifices.