![]() That is, until her mother is arrested for noncompliance with Article 5 of the Moral Statutes. Her life is as close to peaceful as circumstances allow. She knows how to get the things she needs, like food stamps and hand me down clothes, and how to pass the random home inspections by the military. Ember has perfected the art of keeping a low profile. It s hard to forget that life in the United States used to be different. Living with her rebellious single mother, it’s hard for her to forget that people weren t always arrested for reading the wrong books or staying out after dark. Seventeen year old Ember Miller is old enough to remember that things weren t always this way. People who get arrested usually don’t come back. There are no more fines for bad behavior instead, there are arrests, trials, and maybe worse. There are no more police instead, there are soldiers. The Bill of Rights has been revoked, and replaced with the Moral Statutes. ![]() New York, Los Angeles, and Washington, D.C., have been abandoned. ![]()
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