Jarra is stuck on Earth while the rest of humanity portals around the universe. But can she prove to the norms that sheś more than just an Earth Girl?2788. Only the handicapped live on Earth. While everyone else portals between worlds, 18-year-old Jarra is among the one in a thousand people born with an immune system that cannot survive on other planets. Sent to Earth at birth to save her life, she has been abandoned by her parents. She cant́ travel to other worlds, but she can watch their vids, and she knows all the jokes they make. Sheś an ḁpe,́ a t̥hrowback,́ but this is one ape girl who wont́ give in.Jarra invents a fake background for herself, as a normal child of Military parents, and joins a class of norms that is on Earth to excavate the ruins of the old cities. When an ancient skyscraper collapses, burying another research team, Jarraś role in their rescue puts her in the spotlight.