published by: Scholastic
It's the near future - the very near future - and the fossil fuels are running out. No gas. No oil. Which means no driving. No heat. Supermarkets are empty. Malls have shut down. Life has just become more local than we ever knew it could be.
Nobody expected the end to come this fast. And in the small town of Spring Valley, decisions that once seemed easy are quickly becoming matters of life and death. There is hope - there has to be hope - just there are also sacrifices that need to be made, and a whole society that needs to be rethought.
Teens like Nicki, Tom, and Leila may find what they need to survive. But their lives are never going to be the same again.
I had a lot of high hopes for this book. It sounded like it had a really great premise. It sounded like it would be a really cool dystopian type novel.
Unfortunately, this book just wasn't what I had hoped it would be. I felt like the whole book was kinda preachy about consumption, not just about oil consumption, but all consumption on the part of Americans. The book wasn't badly written or anything like that and the story carried well. It just wasn't something I was in the mood to be chastised about.
I wouldn't discourage anyone from reading this book because it was pretty interesting, but be warned that it's a "tree-hugger" type book.
