A captivating and colorful adventure that reads like a modern day fairy tale, from the bestselling author of the Shatter Me series.

"Brimming with color and magic."—New York Times Book Review

* New York Times bestseller!
* Featured on "Late Night with Seth Meyers," NPR, TIME, and Entertainment Weekly

Inspired by her childhood love of books likeA Secret GardenandThe Chronicles of Narnia, bestselling author Tahereh Mafi crafts a spellbinding new world where color is currency, adventure is inevitable, and friendship is found in the most unexpected places.

There are only three things that matter to twelve-year-old Alice Alexis Queensmeadow: Mother, who wouldn't missher;magic and color, whichseem to elude her; and Father, who always loved her.The day Father disappears fromFerenwood hetakes nothing but a ruler with him. But it'sbeen almost three years sincethen, and Alice is determinedto find him. She loves her father even morethan she loves adventure, and she's abouttoembark on one to find the other.

But bringing Father home is no small matter. In order to find himshe'll have totravel through the mythical, dangerousland ofFurthermore, wheredown can be up,...