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Ava a teenage girl living aboard the male-dominated deep space merchant ship Parastrata faces betrayal banishment and death Taking her fate into her own hands she flees to the Gyre a floating continent of garbage and scrap in the Pacific Ocean in this thrilling surprising and thought-provoking debut novel that will appeal to fans of Across the Universe by Beth Revis and The Handmaids Tale by Margaret Atwood Internationally bestselling author Stephanie Perkins called it brilliant feminist science fictionAva is the captains daughter This allows her limited freedom and a certain status in the Parastratas rigid societybut it doesnt mean she can read or write or even withstand the forces of gravity When Ava learns she is to be traded in marriage to another merchant ship she hopes for the best After all she is the captains daughter But instead betrayal banishment and a brush with love and death are her destiny and Ava stows away on a mail sloop bound for Earth in order to escape both her past and her future The gravity almost kills her Gradually recuperating in a strangers floating cabin on the Gyre a huge mass of scrap and garbage in the Pacific Ocean Ava begins to learn the true meaning of family and home and trustand she begins to nourish her own strength and soul This sweeping and harrowing novel explores themes of choice agency rebellion and family and after a tidal wave destroys the Gyre and all those who live there ultimately sends its main character on a thrilling journey to Mumbai the beating heart of Alexandra Duncans postclimate change Earth An Andre Norton Award nominee.



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Wendy Higgins

Wendy Higgins is the USA Today and NY Times bestselling author of the SWEET EVIL series from HarperTeen, the high fantasy duology THE GREAT HUNT, her independently published Irish Fantasy SEE ME, and her indie NA science fiction UNKNOWN series. After earning a Creative Writing degree from George Mason University and a Masters in Curriculum and Instruction from Radford, Wendy taught high school English until achieving her dream job as a full-time writer. Wendy lives on the Eastern Shore of Virginia with her husband, daughter, son, and little doggie Rue.



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