Would you want to know? Are the consequences of challenging authority worth it if they lead to the truth?

Katherine lives in a post-apocalyptic community completely cut off from the rest of the world. Her town is austere, run by utopians who have created a strict paternalistic order. Knowledge and the search for truth are not popular tenets. Katherine wants to find out what happened to a little girl who has disappeared from the community, but when she breaks out, what she discovers is anything but what she expected. This haunting story about growing up and searching for truth will challenge young readers’ notions about knowledge, the search for truth, and the fight for freedom.

PJ Sarah Collins is a children’s novelist and teacher living in British Columbia. She is the author of Sam and Nate, a junior novel.