Away / Teri Hall / 234 pages

This is "the thrilling dystopian sequel to The Line."  The United States is the enemy in this book.  Global warfare has devastated the world.  The governments of countries had established Border Defense Systems which deployed and protected citizens within its boundaries.  Anyone left outside the system were called Others and abandoned to fate in a world with no technology, no electricity, no medicine and very little hope.  Rachel lives in the protected zone with her mother, Vivian, her mother's employer, Elizabeth, and Elizabeth's handyman, Jonathan.  Rachel's father, Daniel, disappeared when she was 3, supposedly a war hero, but her mother hopes he is still alive.  In The Line, Rachel crossed the line to Away to provide medicine to a dying Other.  She is trapped on the other side, finds her father, and decided to help the Others rekindle hope.