Cee has been trapped on an abandoned island for three years without any recollection of how she arrived, or memories from her life prior. All she knows is that somewhere out there, beyond the horizon, she has a sister named Kay, and it’s up to Cee to cross the ocean and find her.
In a world apart, 16-year-old STEM prodigy Kasey Mizuhara lives in an eco-city built for people who protected the planet―and now need protecting from it. With natural disasters on the rise due to climate change, eco-cities provide clean air, water, and shelter. Their residents, in exchange, must spend at least a third of their time in stasis pods, conducting business virtually whenever possible to reduce their environmental footprint. While Kasey, an introvert and loner, doesn’t mind the lifestyle, her sister Celia much preferred the outside world. But no one could have predicted that Celia would take a boat out to sea, never to return.
Now it’s been three months since Celia’s disappearance, and Kasey has given up hope. Her sister must be dead. But nevertheless, she decides to retrace Celia’s last steps. Where they’ll lead her, she does not know. Her sister was full of secrets. But Kasey has a secret of her own.
an instant New York Times and Indie Bestseller
a Barnes & Noble Bookclub Pick for 2021
a Junior Library Guild Selection
illustration by Paulina Klime
WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING
"I fell in love with this haunting, futuristic world and the sisters searching for each other in it. Joan He's words will stay with you long after the final page." —MARIE LU, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Skyhunter
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"Much like the floating cities within its pages, this book is a perfect synthesis of high-tech futurism and dreamlike imagery. Gripping, heartfelt, and joyously cerebral, this is a story to dive into and let its twisting currents pull you into a strange, clever, and startlingly original world." —EMILY SUVADA, author of This Mortal Coil
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✰ "An intricate, well-paced rumination on human nature, choice, and consequence."
—PUBLISHER’S WEEKLY, starred review
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"Whimsical and gut-wrenching. He grafts deep moral and ethical questions to a page-turning premise, making this sci-fi standalone an excellent book club selection."
—SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL
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"A sci-fi onion with quite the shocker of a core."
—BCCB
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“Exhilarating and heartbreaking...this fast-paced scifi tale is sure to linger.”
—BOOKLIST
illustration by Eduardo Vargas
FOREIGN EDITIONS
United Kingdom / Australia / New Zealand - Text Publishing
Russia - Eksmo
France - Lumen
Brazil - Alta Books
Romania - Euro Libris
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