"A novel exploration of societal roles, gender, and equality."
--School Library Journal (starred review)
The Outsiders meets Mad Max: Fury Road in this "daring and
dramatic" (Victor LaValle, author of The Changeling) dystopian novel
about sisterhood and the cruel choices people are forced to make in
order to survive.
At night, Las Mal Criadas own these streets.
Sixteen-year-old Nalah leads the fiercest all-girl crew in Mega City.
That role brings with it violent throwdowns and access to the hottest
boydega clubs, but Nala quickly grows weary of her questionable
lifestyle. Her dream is to get off the streets and make a home in the
exclusive Mega Towers, in which only a chosen few get to live. To make
it to the Mega Towers, Nalah must prove her loyalty to the city's
benevolent founder and cross the border in a search of the mysterious
gang the Ashé Riders. Led by a reluctant guide, Nalah battles crews and
her own doubts but the closer she gets to her goal the more she loses
sight of everything--and everyone--she cares about.
Nalah must choose whether or not she's willing to do the unspeakable to
get what she wants. Can she discover that home is not where you live but
whom you chose to protect before she loses the family she's created for
good?