"Alexandria 'Alix' Watson has learned one lesson from her barren childhood in the foster-care system: unlike people, books will neverlet you down. Working three dead-end jobs to make ends meet and knowing college is a pipe dream, Alix takes nightly refuge in the high-vaulted reading room at the Boston Public Library, escaping into herfavorite fantasy novels and dreaming of far-off lands. Until the day she stumbles through a hidden door and meets the...