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"This book doesn't hold your hand. It shoves you into the abyss, and trusts that you will find your way back, and every step is worth it. Joan He is charting an ambitious new course in fiction, and I will follow her anywhere she goes." - V. E. Schwab, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Gallant and The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
"I fell in love... Joan He's words will stay with you long after the final page." - Marie Lu, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Skyhunter
"This is sci-fi at its best: floating cities, kindness and desert islands!" Lauren James, author of The Reckless Afterlife of Harriet Stoker "An intricate, well-paced rumination on human nature, choice, and consequence." - Publishers Weekly, starred review "Exhilarating and heartbreaking... This fast-paced sf tale is sure to linger." - Booklist
"A stunning and compelling novel full of twists and an emotional pull that will make readers want to finish it in one go." - BuzzFeed "An intriguing foray into a devastating future--and yet one where hope abides." - Kirkus
"Mind-bending." -Common Sense Media "An instant bestseller, and with its twisty sci-fi plot ... it's not hard to see why." - Country Living, AAPI Month Recs "One of the most twisty and engaging page-turner YAs you'll read this year." -Culturess "A gorgeous cover heralds this story of sisterly love and environmental disaster." -Den of Geek, May Roundup "A twisty young adult novel in the vein of E. Lockhart's critically acclaimed We Were Liars." -GMA.com, AAPI Month Recs "Tender, heart-wrenching and frightening, this one will stay with you." -Ms. Magazine, May Roundup "Stunning." -Nerdist "Explores the pressing question of who deserves to survive in a world we are destroying." -NPR Books "Breathtaking." -PopSugar, Best YA Books of May "Sharp, devastating, and brimming with invigorating questions." -TOR.com, Review "At turns 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
"A melancholy, heartbreaking story. . . Beautifully written." - The Bulletin for the Center of Children's Books (BCCB), recommended