The Past Is Red

"The Candide of our #@$\*%?! age."— Ken Liu, award-winning authorCatherynne M. Valente returns with a gripping vision of our own drowned futureThe future is blue. Endless blue...except for a few small places that float across the hot, drowned world left behind by long-gone fossil fuel-guzzlers. One of those patches is a magical place called Garbagetown.Tetley Abednego is the most beloved girl in Garbagetown, but she's the only one who knows it. She's the only one who knows a lot of things: that Garbagetown is the most wonderful place in the world, that it's full of hope, that you can love someone and 66% hate them all at the same time. But Earth is a terrible mess, hope is a fragile thing, and a lot of people are very angry with her. Then Tetley discovers a new friend, a terrible secret, and more to her world than she ever expected.Catherynne M. Valente, the bestselling and award-winning creator of Space Opera and The Girl Who...