The very thing that keeps me alive… could easily kill you. Seventeen-year-old Nerissa John isn’t supposed to exist. Designed as a disposable novelty, her kind were eliminated years ago. But after a fatal act of self-defense exposes her, Nerissa and her family are captured. In exchange for their service, they’re allowed to live. Under false identities, they are enslaved in the most exclusive place on Earth—the island of Panacea, the lap of luxury for the world’s elite traveler. With the opening of the tourist season and the launch of another island-made product promising health and vitality, Nerissa makes a disturbing discovery. She and her family have become unwitting accomplices in a deadly experiment of unimaginable magnitude. She vows to redeem her past by exposing the corrupt entity controlling both her family and the pure-humans she has somehow grown to embrace. It is their only hope for true freedom. But what will her blind determination cost? Has she once again done more harm than good? “A real page-turner, Wreckleaf is a fast-paced, emotional roller coaster that celebrates both our differences and our equality—a hauntingly relatable, beautifully moody YA debut that will leave you calling for FREEDOM!”