Eleven-year-old Emerald Cooper loves Aaron Davis, who is ten years her senior and only sees her as a close friend of the family.

Violet Lasting is no longer a human being. Tomorrow she becomes Lot 197, auctioned to the highest royal bidder in the Jewel of the Lone City.

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Jewel is the story of how quickly a life can change; how, like lightning, an unforeseen event can set us on a course without reason or compass.

In this fast-paced conclusion to the series, it will take every bit of courage, cooperation, and wit the best friends have to unearth the secrets buried in the past--and the gauntlet of lies set down before them.

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