Sear

Ruby is a sophomore at Beach City High School, an underfunded school in a poor district. She's often too busy with her current workload to even think beyond the present, caught up in juggling her school life, her part-time job at KFC, and taking care of her sisters. But when she has the chance, she worries endlessly about the future, overwhelmed by the fear of not knowing what she wants to do beyond high school.Sapphire is a quiet, asocial girl who just transferred from Diamond Academy, a prestigious private school that offers its positions to only the wealthy. Nobody knows why she moved, what her interests are, or even who she really is - the only thing anyone knows for sure is that she's offering to tell people's futures by palm reading for five dollars.When Ruby's friends hear about her anxiety about the future, they recommend her to Sapphire, in the hope that it will help her. But Sapphire's readings surprise even the ice queen herself, and Ruby learns some unexpected things about herself - and about Sapphire.