A Newbery Award-Winning Author
A Pura Belpre Award-Winning Author
For 400 years, Earth has been a barren wasteland. The few humans that survive scrape together an existence in the city of Pocatel - or go it alone in the wilderness beyond. 13-year-old pickpocket Leandro and his sister Gabi do what they can to forge a life in Pocatel. When Gabi is caught stealing fruit from the Pocatelan elite, Leandro takes the fall. But his exile proves more than he ever could have imagined - far from a simple banishment, his consciousness is placed inside an ancient drone and left to fend on its own. Beyond the walls of Pocatel lie other alebrijes like Leandro who seek for a better world - as well as mutant monsters, wasteland pirates, a hidden oasis, and the truth.