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A virus has destroyed adults' reproductive ability, making teenage girls "the most important people on the planet." Sixteen-year-old Melody has a lucrative contract to get "bumped" and consequently pregnant. However, the arrival of Harmony, her religious identical twin, jeopardizes Melody's deal. Told from the sisters' alternating perspectives, this thought-provoking novel fully commits to its values-bending premise.