Alis

A breathless, vivid novel that tells the story of one girl’s determination to live life on her own terms.

At fourteen, Alis has never been outside her strict religious community. But when her parents arrange for her to marry their forty-year-old preacher, she decides to run away. She flees first to a nearby village, where she meets her true love, Luke. But they soon realize Alis is not safe, and she is forced to run again, this time to the dangerous city. There she finds the only way to survive is to become a thief—or worse.

Facing an impossible choice between a forced marriage or life on the streets, Alis seizes control of her own fate. But the path she chooses sets off a disastrous chain of events that leave her accused of murder. Steadfastly loyal, Alis must decide: will she betray a loved one or sacrifice herself?