{"product_id":"the-ward-isbn-9780062095343","title":"The Ward","description":"\u003cp\u003eJordana Frankel’s thrilling and imaginative YA dystopian novel \u003cem\u003eThe Ward\u003c\/em\u003e is set in a near-future New York City. A catastrophic flood has washed out Manhattan, leaving the rivers polluted, and entire neighborhoods underwater. Some areas are quarantined because of an outbreak of a deadly disease.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe illness, known as the Blight, is killing sixteen-year-old Ren’s sister. Desperate to save her sister’s life, Ren agrees to lead a secret mission from the government to search for a cure. But her quest leads to a confounding mystery beneath the water and an unlikely friendship with a passionate scientist.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eReaders who love speculative fiction and crave action-packed stories similar to Veronica Roth’s \u003cem\u003eDivergent\u003c\/em\u003e will find \u003cem\u003eThe Ward\u003c\/em\u003e absolutely unputdownable.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003eSet in a futuristic New York City after a catastrophic flood called the Wash Out, \u003cem\u003eThe Ward\u003c\/em\u003e is the story of sixteen-year-old Renata Dane, a daredevil champion racer who will risk everything she has to take care of her sick foster sister, Aven.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRen's sister is suffering from the Blight, an incurable, deadly illness thought to be caused by years of pollution. The disease is ripping through the Ward—formerly known as downtown Manhattan—and since the region is home to the poor and the vagrant, little is being done to help the sick.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut when the Blight somehow spreads to the affluent Upper Islets, the government recruits Ren for a secret mission: to search for a freshwater source in the Ward, with the hope of it leading to a cure. She is the only girl in the Ward to master helming a mobile—a car that can defy gravity and drive up the walls of a skyscraper, or transform into a high-speed boat at the push of a few buttons.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHowever, when Ren accepts this job—and the big paycheck that comes with it—she never expects that it will lead her to dangerous encounters with a passionate young scientist, a web of deceit and lies, and a confounding mystery that's lurking deep beneath the water's rippling surface.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCinematic and thrilling, \u003cem\u003eThe Ward\u003c\/em\u003e is Jordana Frankel's debut novel.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“A highly imaginative, pulse-racing page-turner.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichael Grant, New York Times bestselling author of the Gone series\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Ren is volatile, embittered, and dedicated to the adrenaline surge of racing, but she’s also gutsy, loyal, and at times surprisingly vulnerable. Frankel’s unforgiving, drowned New York serves as a formidable background for her survival story.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44888679284965,"sku":"NP9780062095343","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780062095343.jpg?v=1730229602","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-ward-isbn-9780062095343","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}