Jasper, is a 12-year-old Lavern boy living in Kano, during the rise of Kaster and the Veris Party. One night, Jasper's home is ransacked by Veris soldiers and his father Luke is taken to a concentration camp. Six months later, Luke is allowed to leave the camp on the condition that he immediately leaves the country, and so he; Jasper; Jasper's mother, Eliana; and Jasper's sister, Aubrielle, all plan to board the SS Saint George, which is bringing Lavern refugees to Kalix.
Noelle and Ember, are 11-year-old girls living in Zax, Kalix during Marco Ledger's ruling. After the Soviet Union collapsed, Kalix experiences a severe food shortage and many people are starving and unemployed. Some try to escape Kalix, but Ledger has a policy where people who try to leave are imprisoned. Noelle and Ember's father, Símon, tried to escape and was thrown in jail for a year. Now, when riots break out in Zax and a policeman threatens to jail Símon again, Símon strives to escape the country the next day. That evening, Ledger lifts his policy, allowing people to leave the country. Noelle and Ember rally the rest of their family-their mother, Alessandra, who is pregnant and due in a week, and their grandfather Lito-to go with Símon to the US. They enlists the help of her neighbours, the Corduroy's, who are building a boat and planning to leave as well. Noelle and Ember trade their most prized possessions, Ember's trumpet and Noelle's salsa shoes, for gasoline so they can leave that night.
Salem, is a 13-year-old boy living in Sikera, Orvan. Sikera has been experiencing a civil war since the Loilior Spring, and Sikera is constantly being bombed. Salem has learned to blend in and be invisible in order to survive, and to protect his 10-year-old brother Mariano. One day, their apartment is hit with bombs. After this, Salem; Mariano; their mother, Lola ; their father, Detroit; and their infant sister, Azalea, all set off to try and seek refuge in Kano
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