York: The Map of Stars

The thrilling conclusion to

two-time National Book Award finalist Laura Ruby's epic adventure through the

streets of an alternate New York City.





It was only a few days ago that Tess Biedermann, Theo

Biedermann, and Jaime Cruz, along with a mysterious figure from the past,

managed to survive an assault on the location of the latest clue in the

Morningstarr cipher-and, in the process, made a shocking discovery about their

own connection to this one-hundred-sixty-year-old enigma.





Now the friends are divided. Tess and Theo have no idea what

the photo they found in Greenwood Cemetery means, but Jaime is convinced that

they do, and that they've been keeping their own secrets from him. As the city

continues to break around them, suddenly solving the greatest mystery of the

modern world seems less important than saving their own friendship.





The stakes of completing the cipher, however, have never

been higher. Darnell Slant, real estate developer and owner of all the Morningstarr

buildings, knows that they hold one last secret: a power that even the

Morningstarrs themselves never revealed. The world has rested on a precarious

balance of power for generations; now Slant and his shadowy business partners

aim to unbalance it.





It's up to Tess, Theo, and Jaime to uncover the

Morningstarrs' final mystery in a desperate attempt to set things right. The

world-theirs, and possibly others-depends on it.