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In a city where coal is as valuable as gold and powers all aspects of life, Cleo dreams of becoming one of the prestigious sweeps. After all, she would finally be able to openly work as a mechanic as only sweeps are allowed to repair machines and put out fires. This dreams seems to be unattainable until Cleo breaks the law to stop a house from going up in flames and she’s given a devious choice: become a figurehead to quench unrest in the general population and successfully complete the sweeping apprenticeship or lose the home she and her sister share. A task that seems almost impossible with the other apprentices and sweeps looking down on and even sabotaging her, her sister giving her the cold shoulder, and her friends turning away from her in fear of the power she now holds. Slowly, however, Cleo realises that she’s finally in a position to actually make a change – which comes in handy when she begins to suspect that something is seriously wrong in the city and the system that powers it …
In a city where coal is as valuable as gold and powers all aspects of life, Cleo dreams of becoming one of the prestigious sweeps. After all, she would finally be able to openly work as a mechanic as only sweeps are allowed to repair machines and put out fires. This dreams seems to be unattainable until Cleo breaks the law to stop a house from going up in flames and she’s given a devious choice: become a figurehead to quench unrest in the general population and successfully complete the sweeping apprenticeship or lose the home she and her sister share. A task that seems almost impossible with the other apprentices and sweeps looking down on and even sabotaging her, her sister giving her the cold shoulder, and her friends turning away from her in fear of the power she now holds. Slowly, however, Cleo realises that she’s finally in a position to actually make a change – which comes in handy when she begins to suspect that something is seriously wrong in the city and the system that powers it …
In a city where coal is as valuable as gold and powers all aspects of life, Cleo dreams of becoming one of the prestigious sweeps. After all, she would finally be able to openly work as a mechanic as only sweeps are allowed to repair machines and put out fires. This dreams seems to be unattainable until Cleo breaks the law to stop a house from going up in flames and she’s given a devious choice: become a figurehead to quench unrest in the general population and successfully complete the sweeping apprenticeship or lose the home she and her sister share. A task that seems almost impossible with the other apprentices and sweeps looking down on and even sabotaging her, her sister giving her the cold shoulder, and her friends turning away from her in fear of the power she now holds. Slowly, however, Cleo realises that she’s finally in a position to actually make a change – which comes in handy when she begins to suspect that something is seriously wrong in the city and the system that powers it …
In a city where coal is as valuable as gold and powers all aspects of life, Cleo dreams of becoming one of the prestigious sweeps. After all, she would finally be able to openly work as a mechanic as only sweeps are allowed to repair machines and put out fires. This dreams seems to be unattainable until Cleo breaks the law to stop a house from going up in flames and she’s given a devious choice: become a figurehead to quench unrest in the general population and successfully complete the sweeping apprenticeship or lose the home she and her sister share. A task that seems almost impossible with the other apprentices and sweeps looking down on and even sabotaging her, her sister giving her the cold shoulder, and her friends turning away from her in fear of the power she now holds. Slowly, however, Cleo realises that she’s finally in a position to actually make a change – which comes in handy when she begins to suspect that something is seriously wrong in the city and the system that powers it …
In a city where coal is as valuable as gold and powers all aspects of life, Cleo dreams of becoming one of the prestigious sweeps. After all, she would finally be able to openly work as a mechanic as only sweeps are allowed to repair machines and put out fires. This dreams seems to be unattainable until Cleo breaks the law to stop a house from going up in flames and she’s given a devious choice: become a figurehead to quench unrest in the general population and successfully complete the sweeping apprenticeship or lose the home she and her sister share. A task that seems almost impossible with the other apprentices and sweeps looking down on and even sabotaging her, her sister giving her the cold shoulder, and her friends turning away from her in fear of the power she now holds. Slowly, however, Cleo realises that she’s finally in a position to actually make a change – which comes in handy when she begins to suspect that something is seriously wrong in the city and the system that powers it …
