Set in a land where magic can be terrifying, Chasing the Valley combines the friendship and camaraderie of Ranger's Apprentice with the hardship and survival of The Hunger Games u with spectacular results. Danika is used to struggling for survival. As a homeless girl, she stays alive by working illegally in bars or scrounging food from dumpsters. But when the tyrannous king launches an assault of alchemy bombs on her city u echoing the bombing that killed Danika's family years ago u she decides to risk her life in a daring escape over the city's walls. Danika joins a team of desperate teenagers who seek the Magnetic Valley: a legendary refuge where the king's weapons cannot penetrate. But during her breakout, she accidentally destroys a palace biplane u and suddenly, Danika Glynn is the most wanted fugitive in the kingdom. Pursued by the king's vicious hunters, betrayed by false allies and forced to confront the secrets of her teammates, Danika also has to grapple with her own burgeoning magical abilities. And when she falls for a mysterious boy named Lukas, she must balance her feelings against her team's survival. Can Danika and her team reach the valley alive?