Nina Idi has been arrested for falsely accusing some classmates of being illegal third children--a capital crime in their society.
The choice, Nina discovers, is not.....
The options are clear.
But now she is faced with the most difficult choice of her life: Get three other prisoners to admit they are shadow children and be spared herself, or refuse to cooperate and be killed.
Angry and confused, Nina knows only one thing for sure: She is innocent of the charges.
What does it mean to save yourself? Nina Idi -- a third child in a society where families are allowed only two children -- has been Betrayed by the boy she loved, and arrested by the Population Police for exposing other alleged third children.
Now she is being asked to betray others--or risk being executed.
Nina Idi has been arrested for falsely accusing some classmates of being illegal third children--a capital crime in their society