Katrin van Dam
“It’s not the end of the world, but for Rooney Harris it’s starting to feel that way. It’s the beginning of senior year, and her mom just lost her job. Even worse, she isn’t planning to get another one. Instead, she’s spending every waking moment with a group called the Next World Society, whose members are convinced they’ll be leaving Earth behind on November 17. It sounds crazy to Rooney, but to her mother and younger brother it sounds like salvation. As her mom’s obsession threatens to tear their lives apart, Rooney is scrambling to hold it all together. But will saving her family mean sacrificing her dreams — or theirs?” –From publisher.
This is a story that grows more and more relevant as the years go by without much change to the way we live. It’s a story about what fear and hopelessness can drive people to do, the danger of putting all your hope in someone else’s ideals, finding your own motivation to keep trying to make the world a better place, and how living a balanced life always starts within your own mind.
For All Story Lovers! 