Alis Author:Naomi Rich At fourteen, Alis has never set foot outside her strict religious community. But when her parents arrange for her to marry their forty-year-old preacher, she decides to run away. She flees first to a nearby village, where she meets her true love, Luke. But they soon realize she's not safe, and Alis is forced to run again, the time to the dan... more »gerous city. There she finds the only way to survive is to become a thief -- or worse. Unable to bear life on the streets, Alis decides to go home and face the consequences of her actions. But her return sets off a chain of events that leaves one man dead, a friend missing, and Alis imprisoned for a crime she didn't commit. How much is she willing to sacrifice in the name of personal freedom?
Set in an unspecified past, this breathless, vivid novel tells the story of one girl's determination to live life on her own terms. « less