There's something about the thousands of glittering lights, the veil of nighttime that almost makes this place beautiful, especially in the reflection of the water. It makes everything askew, disoriented. There's more truth in a ripple of water than in a clear day.
Ellie Lieberman, Society's Foundlings
appearances, appearances-are-deceiving, city-lights, clear-day, coming-of-age, deception, nighttime, reflection, ripples, truth, water, ya, young-adult-fiction