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.
Topics Family. Changes. Rationing. Carbon usage. Bands. The boy next door. Public transportation. School. Erratic weather. Power outages. Riots. The black market. The media. Helping others. Governmental intervention. Vandalism. Entrepreneurs. Firings. Social protests. Grades. Police brutality. Gender roles. Vegetable gardens. Concerts. Drought. Pigs. Focus groups. Radical feminists. Going on a retreat. Failed marriages. Missing persons. Floods. Parent-teacher conferences. The Thames River. Flood abatement plans. Rescues. Cholera. Epidemics. Rats. Cleaning up. Changing one's attitude.
SRC Level 3.700000
SRC Points 17.000000
Lexile HL690L
Trim Size 5 1/2" x 8 1/4"
JLG Span Spring
Language English
Publication date 2009-03-31
JLG Release Date Jun 2009
Minimum grade 9
Maximum grade 12
Reading level High
Format Print
Young Adult Plus (Grades 9 & Up)
Young Adult Plus
Young Adult Plus (Grades 9 & Up)
For Grades 9 & Up
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