The Creative Fire / Brenda Cooper.

Intro; Full Title Page; Copyright; Author's Note; Epigram; PART ONE: YEARNING; 1: A Hole in the Sky; 2: The Water Plant; 3: Conversations in the Dark; 4: The Jackman; 5: The Dangers Inside; 6: Kyle; 7: The Old Man's Tale; 8: Ix's Explanation; 9: The Festival of Changes; 10: Reclamation; 11: Lila Red the Releaser; 12: Suri; 13: The Owl's Talk; 14: The Owl's Song; 15: Symbol's Birth; 16: Preparation; 17: Challenges; 18: The Test; 19: Unexpected Results; 20: A Recording; 21: The Closed Door; PART TWO: LEARNING; 22: Becoming Blue; 23: Voices; 24: Gray without Ruby; 25: The Fox's Dinner 26: Calisthenics27: The Morning After; 28: How Ani Got her Stride; 29: Joel; 30: The Unveiling; 31: Lessons; 32: A Moment of Freedom; 33: The Last Baby; 34: Homecoming; 35: An Audience; 36: The Cargo Bay; 37: Secret Places; 38: Consequences; 39: New Plans; 40: Mixed Messages; 41: Countermoves; 42: Acts of a Messenger; 43: Ruby's Voice; 44: The Meeting; 45: Permission to Talk; 46: In the Cargo Bar; 47: A Speaking Part; PART THREE: ACTING; 48: Returning; 49: A Choice; 50: Ruby's First Fight; 51: Foxed; 52: The Jackman Cometh; 53: The Table; 54: Song of Joining; 55: Partings; 56: The Waterways 57: Waking58: Gathering; 59: Pieces Revealed; 60: Joel and Onor; 61: Confrontation; 62: The End Is the Beginning; About the Author; Acknowledgments; Back Cover

Nothing can match the power of a single voice... Ruby Martin expects to spend her days repairing robots while avoiding the dangerous peacekeeping forces that roam the corridors of the generation ship The Creative Fire. The social structure of the ship is rigidly divided, with Ruby and her friends on the bottom. Then a ship-wide accident gives Ruby a chance to fight for the freedom she craves. Her enemies are numerous, well armed, and knowledgeable. Her weapons are a fabulous voice, a quick mind, and a deep stubbornness. Complicating it all--an unreliable A.I. and an enigmatic man she met - and kissed - exactly once--who may hold the key to her success. If Ruby can't transform from a rebellious teen to the leader of a revolution, she and all her friends will lose all say in their future. Like the historical Evita Perón, Ruby rises from the dregs of society to hold incredible popularity and power. Her story is about love and lust and need and a thirst for knowledge and influence so deep that it burns.