The Sky Between Us

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In a quiet town called Duskvale, where the stars seemed to hang lower than the clouds, sixteen-year-old Mira Allen lived with her head in the sky—literally and emotionally. Ever since she could remember, Mira had dreams where she flew. Not just in the regular, flapping-arms-and-falling kind of dreams—but soaring, navigating constellations, touching stardust.Her best friend, Jonah Reyes, didn’t believe in dreams. He believed in math, in gravity, and in things that could be calculated. Still, he never laughed when Mira told him she flew over Saturn’s rings last night or dined with a moon lion. Instead, he’d nod and sketch