One of these protagonists is Avery Fuller, a girl genetically engineered to be beautiful by her wealthy parents who live on the top floor. It is ambiguous whether the female depicted has jumped or fallen to her death, a tragedy that sets the stage for the work's central tension and climax. The prologue is set in the future, revealing the death of an anonymous character. Each of their personal stories and struggles provides a unique view into what life looks like in the year 2118. What they have in common are the scandalous lives they lead and the secrets they hide. Narrated in the first person, the point of view shifts often and rapidly between the five protagonists, a host of teens with various social ties to one another and a variety of socio-economic backgrounds. This building is a physical manifestation of a social construct: a caste system where the richer you are, the higher up you live. Most of the plot's action takes place within a giant skyscraper, a world-class luxury apartment complex towering two miles high. In this world, meat is grown in tubes and one can try on clothes holographically. Katharine McGee’s The Thousandth Floor, the first book of her young adult, futuristic melodrama three-part series, is a tangle of romance triangles incorporating elements of the science fiction and soap opera genres.
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