The forbidden love between Callum, who is a member of the second class citizens the naughts, and Sephy, who belongs to the ruling elite called the cross, is tested when Sephy and her mother are nearly caught in a terrorist bombing and Callum's father is the prime suspect.
New York City teenagers Joy, Maya, and Carolyn struggle with inevitable change when Carolyn, still coping with her mother's death, learns that her father has a girlfriend, and Joy finds out that her wealthy father has lost his high-paying job.
