Awards and HonorsBooklist Top 10 Books on the Environment for Youth, 2010; 2009 Booklist Top 10 First Novels for Youth, 2009 Booklist Top 10 SF/Fantasy for Youth; 2009 Horn Book Fanfare List
The year is 2015, and Londoner Laura Brown just wants a regular teenage life-to play in her band, finish her design studies, avoid her self-centered sister, Kim, and maybe get to know that dishy boy next door. But huge storms have tipped off an environmental disaster, causing Great Britain to institute carbon rationing. Laura struggles to maintain some normalcy while staying within her yearly carbon allotment. Her friendships, love life, and family relations all suffer from living under a system on the brink of collapse, and she struggles to keep everything from falling apart in the face of ever more frightening weather.
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