One bowl. Five green balls. Five red balls. One chance for survival. This is the game of ColorPlay, the governments way of controlling the rapidly growing population. No looking, you draw. You get green, you live. You get red, you're sent to death. In a future society, Kanani Akina is an 11 year old girl, living in an illegal immigration home. She lives with sisters Elizabeth, Olive, Jane, Chrissa, Lanie, Molly, Annie, and Erica. They are mothered by the heartbroken Amelia Wanter, who lost her love Eva to the previous year's ColorPlay. Kanani has amazing ideas on what her society could be, but she's only 11; what does she know? She couldn't possibly make a difference...
Kya has lived her whole life in black and white. No one can see color until they touch their soulmate.
The government looks down on touching others unnecessarily. They're afraid. Afraid of love.
Kya has waited for years. She's waited for the color that will come, will explode her senses. The color that will change her life forever. Once you touch your soulmate, you're set for life. You know your path.
Kya's life has been unsteady for as long as she can remember. She's desperate for something permanent and unshakeable.
But not everything works out perfectly. There's always a glitch in the system.