
Amy and Axel are children living in a decaying and decrepit City. Amy was born there but is different from the others in that she has learned how to read (illegal in the City). Axel is a troubled boy who eventually claims to Amy to have come from "Outside". Together, she and...

Eleven-year-old Amy lives in a decaying underground city. Ignored by her mother and under surveillance by authorities because she can read, Amy reluctantly finds herself befriending Axel, a strange boy who claims to have come from a mythical place called Outside.

