![]() With the powerful forces at play in their cities putting them at odds, can the two learn to trust in each other-enough to imagine a different world? But Paz knows more about Rumi’s father’s illness than she’s saying and has her own agenda. As they travel together, Rumi finds himself drawn to Paz-and behind her tough exterior, she begins to feel the same way. ![]() In the ruined city of Paraíso, Rumi meets fifteen-year-old Paz, who agrees to guide him on his journey. But when rebels infect his father with a fatal virus, Rumi escapes St. Iago, which protect citizens of the Union of Upper Cities from the outside world’s environmental devastation. Sixteen-year-old Rumi Sabzwari has spent his entire life behind the armored walls of St. In the spirit of Paolo Bacigalupi and Laini Taylor, this futuristic star-crossed love story follows two teens in a starkly unequal world struggling to find their place. ![]() *Chosen for Poets & Writers’ inaugural Get the Word Out Program ![]()
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