The Great Divide Sarah Bird seventeen-year-old Evan Bright knows a

seventeen-year-old Evan Bright knows a thing or two about keeping secrets

With a Scandi noir atmosphere

in a Russia unlike any we have seen before

"I'll be dead in three months

remind herself"--

The Great Divide Sarah Bird seventeen-year-old Evan Bright knows aIt is said that the canal will be the greatest feat of engineering in history. But first, it must be built. For Francisco, a local fisherman who resents the foreign powers clamoring for a slice of his country, nothing is more upsetting than the decision of his son, Omar, to work as a digger in the excavation zone. But for Omar, whose upbringing was quiet and lonely, this job offers a chance to finally find connection. Ada Bunting is a bold sixteen