The Upside
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This is set in a post-apocalyptic world. The protagonist Amara is one of the individuals who have been born in the trenches of the 'Underground.' That is a society of people who live beneath the world and use machinery and labour to keep the world working for the people living above. There are long narrow streets that go up forever leading to what they call 'The Upside'. Amara has always been curious about wanting to climb up there, longing to see the upside. She befriends a boy named Cameron and they venture on climbing all the way up to the upside, oblivious to the problems along the way.
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