Where do you go when nowhere is safe? Sixteen years after a deadly virus wiped out most of Earth's population, the world is a perilous place. Eighteen-year-old Eve has never been beyond the heavily guarded perimeter of her school, where she and two hundred other orphaned girls have been promised a future as the teachers and artists of the New America. But the night before graduation, Eve learns the shocking truth about her school's real purpose--and the horrifying fate that awaits her. Fleeing the only home she's ever known, Eve sets off on a long, treacherous journey, searching for a place she can survive. Along the way she encounters Arden, her former rival from school, and Caleb, a rough, rebellious boy living in the wild. Separated from men her whole life, Eve has been taught to fear them, but Caleb slowly wins her trust . . . and her heart. He promises to protect her, but when soldiers begin hunting them, Eve must choose between true love and her...

Grade 7 - Grade 12

UG/Upper grades (9th-12)

760L Lexile Level

5.2 ATOS Level

Electronic reproduction. New York : HarperCollins e-books, 2011. Requires Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 313 KB) or Amazon Kindle (file size: N/A KB) or OverDrive Read (file size: N/A KB).