Lauren Yero

Oct 27, 2023 | slj.com | Lauren Yero |Selenia Paz

. Jul. 2023. 416p. Tr $19.99. ISBN 9781665913799. COPY ISBN Gr 9 Up–When 16-year-old Rumi’s father becomes infected with an unknown strain of a deadly virus while on government business, the teen breaks the law and ventures outside the armored walls of St. Iago in search for a cure. As he travels he meets Paz, a girl working for the Library in Paraíso as a scout, gathering data and items for them every day.

Jul 18, 2023 | kirkusreviews.com | Holly Black |Alicia Keys |Andrew Weiner |Lauren Yero

A pair of star-crossed lovers find each other against the backdrop of a devastated futuristic world in what was once Chile. A 16-year-old from one of the advanced, privileged Upper Cities, Rumi Sabzwari, who is of Pakistani descent, has only known life behind the walls of St. Iago. But when his father is deliberately infected with a fatal virus by the rebel faction Las Oscuras, Rumi crosses over to the forbidden Lower City of Paraíso, desperately hoping to find a cure.