Come on Home, Children

In the year 2042, an unlicensed pregnancy is a felony, punishable by prison and confiscation of the child. Willa grew up in the Children's Center overseen by the ruthless Bureau of Population Management. She escaped from the Center at sixteen, only to find herself homeless and pregnant. By grit and luck she survived, but now her daughter Katy has been seized by the same arrogant arm of the state. Unless Willa can rescue her, she faces a life of stigma, toil, and despair.But Willa has won the support of some unlikely allies. Together they devise an audacious scheme that will enable her to hide in plain sight and to rescue Katy - but only if she can find the courage to reinvent herself.When no one is what they seem, the truth can be a dangerous luxury. Book Two of the Children in Hiding trilogy is a dystopian thriller that tests whether love can outwit bureaucratic greed, and whether Willa can tread a treacherous path between reality and illusion.