The other farmers all left for the Rising or died defending a cave from the Society. They see Hunter, the only farmer left in the settlement, burying his daughter. Ky tells Cassia about his mother’s paintings and his father’s connection to the Rising. Shortly after Cassia stops taking the tablets, she finds Ky.Ĭassia, Indie, Ky, and Eli go back to the township for more resources. She takes several more tablets before Indie tells her that they’re poisonous. Cassia takes a blue tablet and finds a note from Xander in the tablet package. He later dies by a stream when the Society drops poison bombs. Vick teaches the other boys how to fish, and they share life stories. The boys take provisions and maps from the township stores and continue on their way.
All of the farmers-Anomalies who live independently of the Society-are gone. The boy directs the girls to Ky’s path before heading another way.Įverything in the Carving makes Ky think of his parents. Cassia, the boy, and Indie run all night to the Carving. Cassia asks around and finds a boy who knew Ky. Indie, a girl from her camp, helps her hide her tablets from the Officers on board. The night before Cassia’s final camp transfer, she sneaks onto an airship heading for the Outer Provinces. He and Vick escape to the Carving with Eli, the youngest decoy. The Enemy destroyed his home when he was small, killing his parents. Ky gets transferred to a village near the Carving, a canyon not far from his childhood home. The Pilot is the leader of the Rising-the organized rebellion against the Society. The Archivist gives Cassia the story of the Pilot. Xander disapproves of her plan, but doesn’t stop her.
Cassia uses their outing to trade Ky’s compass for a map of the Outer Provinces. Xander makes a surprise appearance at the work camp for a Match event. She possesses Ky’s compass and Xander’s blue survival tablets, but needs a map if she’s going to escape and find Ky. She joined the camps to get closer to the Outer Provinces. Cassia is rotating through different work camps, performing hard labor. Ky and his new friend, Vick, are serving a six-month sentence as decoys in the Society’s war with the Enemy, though it’s unlikely they’ll live through the ordeal. The novel begins with Ky in the Outer Provinces and Cassia in the Border Provinces. Crossed follows Cassia and Ky’s first-person perspectives, alternating with each chapter.
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