Outside the Box

Prisoner number Seventy-Four has been kept in a box her entire life, and is only allowed to see the sun once every year. The SPECTERS - aliens who never show their faces - constantly test whether she is smart enough to be moved to another facility. The Specters do not know that Seventy-Four cannot read, and when they discover this, she will surely be killed. But this year, on Sun-day, a mysterious boy with a strange name breaks Seventy-Four out of her prison, and everything...
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Prisoner number Seventy-Four has been kept in a box her entire life, and is only allowed to see the sun once every year. The SPECTERS - aliens who never show their faces - constantly test whether she is smart enough to be moved to another facility. The Specters do not know that Seventy-Four cannot read, and when they discover this, she will surely be killed.
But this year, on Sun-day, a mysterious boy with a strange name breaks Seventy-Four out of her prison, and everything ensues from there. Time Travel, Tragedy, Tests, and hundreds of more things starting with the letter "T". Other letters too.
But the Specters don't seem to care that Seventy-Four has left, almost like her actions are predetermined...


A thought-provoking novel by the incredible author Lily Bambrick, who despite not being old enough to buy a house or drive a car, was the perfect age to connect with her young characters.