In an isolated society, one girl makes a discovery that will change
everything--and learns that a single stone, once set in motion, can
bring down a mountain.
Jena--strong, respected, reliable--is the leader of the line, a job
every girl in the village dreams of. Watched over by the Mothers as one
of the chosen seven, Jena's years spent denying herself food and
wrapping her limbs have paid off. She is small enough to squeeze through
the tunnels of the mountain and gather the harvest, risking her life
with each mission. No work is more important. This has always been the
way of things, even if it isn't easy. But as her suspicions mount and
Jena begins to question the life she's always known, the cracks in her
world become impossible to ignore. Thought-provoking and quietly
complex, Meg McKinlay's novel unfolds into a harshly beautiful tale of
belief, survival, and resilience stronger than stone.