Lavinia was 12 when her mom died from cancer , it was tough for her . Her dad was always so supportive but when she was 18 things really hit her hard her time had begun . Time was valued as life and money. Her time on her arm is how much time she has left to live , the time on her leg was her money time , whenever that time ran out of money time , half of the living time would be taken for the money time .Therefore she would have less time to live but more money to spend .The prices are slowly rising and people all around Lavinia were dying. You die when your life time runs out , you also earn ( both types of time) by working . Lavinia is the youngest person she knows and yet she was most poor person she news too . When her time started she was wise but as time went on she forgot the value of the time . Before her grandma died she had given her a locket , a time locket . The locket is powerful it gives the owner of the locket a great destiny . Lavinia just hadn't found what is was yet . Three months later Lavinia got sick of the way she was living and set out to find her destiny she only had little time .First she had to rob a bank , she was good at this because in a desperate time she's don't it before , she grabbed 10 years and left if she only grabbed little amounts she could get away with it .