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by Lydia Joy (Author)
Calling all survivors...
Sixteen-year-old Jo has survived her whole life by keeping her head down and her voice quiet, something especially handy in a valley overrun by monsters.
Selectively mute and raised inside a militarized settlement, she's never known safety without control, until her guardian disappears. With no other choice, Jo sets out to find him beyond the walls armed with little more than grit and a sliver of hope.
Instead she finds Ezra: a talkative boy determined to resurrect radio broadcasts from the Old World, along with a new life of functioning radios, communal libraries, and bands of theater kids who spout Shakespeare among the ruins.
Jo's valley is bigger - and more dangerous - than she ever knew. Competing factions, biters, and Jo's own past are too close for comfort, and more connected than she realized.
Can Jo really rebuild a life defined by choice rather than survival, one abandoned radio tower at a time?
