Summary:

Teen orphan Adaliah Valda doesn't want any more grief. It has always been hard enough not knowing nothing about her family tree, not knowing if she's a true Californian, not knowing that the woman that stalks her isn't just her imagination, not knowing if her next foster family will end her life. The night before she turns seven, Adaliah runs away from her orphanage, determined to never get caught and dragged back, or worse, to get sent to yet another foster home. When the illegal guardian that took care of her for six years after Adaliah ran away dies moments after revealing a deep secret, Adaliah runs away again, but this time, she has a destination in mind: the legendary city of Atlantis.