THE WANING AGE

Viking

Publication date: February 5, 2019

San Francisco. Present day. Only children feel emotion. No one knows why.

Like all the other adults who have waned at age ten, Natalia Peña is trying to live her life without the highs and lows that used to drive the world. Her main task: take care of her little brother, Calvino, who is almost eleven and way past the waning age. He still feels everything; and while it seems like a miracle, it’s also drawing the wrong kind of attention. Is Cal’s difference a blessing or a curse?