In a slow town shrouded in death and misery, a unlikely group of friends come together to pull through their final year of high school. The days are normal, dull, and boring...Until a fateful day when Ashley's favorite teacher, Mr. Goldman, turns up missing. Ashly becomes curious, and gets her oldest and truest friends interested, and they grow close once again. But, the friends see something they weren't intended to. These simple teens are torn between two decisions; keep their mouths shut and live normal, slow lives, or risk everything and expose the town's darkest secret..
Locked away in society cut off from the rest of the world, 16 year old Clarity suspects nothing. Each 16 year old is assigned a color, but if you get Gray, you are executed. Clarity knows above everything she will be Yellow. Being part of an "Upper" family, she has high expectations to reach.
But when her ceremony day comes, nothing goes to plan. Her father disappears mysteriously. Her mother disapproves of her every move. Clarity meets a mysterious guy, who is determined to help her escape her dooming fate.
How will they escape this society that watches their every move? Will they have a happily ever-after?
Read the book to find out!