Article 5

Written by Kristen Simmons

Part of the Article 5 series

A dystopian world where love and survival clash as Ember's mother is arrested.

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384 pages· 92,011 words· Est. 8.5 hour read· HL660L

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In a world where the Bill of Rights is replaced by Moral Statutes, Ember Miller navigates a life of secrecy and survival. Her fragile peace shatters when her mother is arrested for defying the oppressive laws. To make matters worse, the arresting officer is Chase Jennings, the boy she once loved. As Ember faces a society where arrests are final, she must decide how far she'll go to fight back. Will Ember risk everything to save her mother and confront the boy who betrayed her? Discover a gripping tale of love, loyalty, and rebellion.

From the publisher

In Kristen Simmons’s Article 5, New York, Los Angeles, and Washington, D.C., have been abandoned. The Bill of Rights has been revoked and replaced with the Moral Statutes. There are no more police-instead, there are soldiers. There are no more fines for bad behavior-instead, there are arrests, trials, and maybe worse. People who get arrested usually don’t come back. Seventeen-year-old Ember Miller is old enough to remember that things weren’t always this way. Living with her rebellious single mother, it’s hard for her to forget that people weren’t always arrested for reading the wrong books or staying out after dark. That life in the United States used to be different. Ember has perfected the art of keeping a low profile. She knows how to get the things she needs, like food stamps and hand-me-down clothes, and how to pass the random home inspections by the military. Her life is as close to peaceful as circumstances allow. That is, until her mother is arrested for noncompliance with Article 5 of the Moral Statutes. And one of the arresting officers is none other than Chase Jennings…the only boy Ember has ever loved.

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