Color The Sky With Song

Lucy wants out of Nether, the remote town where she's trapped.

With her unloving parents treating her like a disease, 14-year-old Lucy works long hours in a terrible magnet factory. To make matters worse, she feels all alone as the only young person in town.

But one day, Lucy escapes across the mountains and learns that two mysterious figures control the outside world. Determined to learn more, she and a friend embark on a dangerous journey to find them.

Lucy soon realizes she's smack in the middle of a cosmic clash between good and evil, uncovering a mind-blowing truth that changes everything she believes. And as she deals with these revelations, Lucy must confront the scariest reality of all: the biggest secrets aren't the ones others have hidden from her, but the ones she's hidden from herself.

COLOR THE SKY WITH SONG is a young adult fantasy (for the young and young at heart) exploring deep family bonds and youthful curiosity about the larger world, set in a place where magic and technology blend in remarkable ways.

The story is perfect for upper middle grade readers and fans of Amari and the Night Brothers by B. B. Alston and Sweep: The Story of A Girl and Her Monster by Jonathan Auxier. It carries the potential to be a series while also ideal for book club discussions regarding its themes.