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Like everyone else on the east side of the Wall, Parvin Blackwater has a clock counting down the days until her death. At only seventeen, she has one year left. When the authorities find out she has been illegally sharing a clock with her twin brother, she is cast through the Wall--her people's death sentence. What she finds on the other side about the world, about God, and about herself changes Parvin forever and might just save her people. If she can get the word to them before her time runs out.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOpening\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eLines:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThere was once a time when only God knew the day you'd die. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAt least that's what they tell me. I wasn't alive then--back when life bore adventure and death held surprise. I guess God decided to share the coveted knowledge. Either that, or we stole it from Him. Personally, I think He just gave the world what it thought it wanted: control. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMy thin rectangular Clock sits on the carved shelf across the room, clicking its red digital numbers--red like blood. 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