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Published Feb 2010
326 pages
Genre: Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Speculative, Alt. History
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In this riveting sequel to the hit eco-thriller The Carbon Diaries 2015, Laura Brown, now a college student in London, chronicles the struggle England faces as the government tightens its grip on carbon rations. Laura is juggling two love interests, and her eco-punk band, the dirty angels, keeps landing gigs, so life is good...until a crackdown on rioting students forces her to flee the city. Then, on the bank's European tour, Laura finds herself at the center of a series of dangerous events. The angels have always sung about fighting corruption. Is it time for Laura to join the underground resistance movement and actually practice what the dirty angels preaches?
As perceptive and compulsively readable as its prequel, this book raises provocative moral questions for today's young adults.
"Starred Review. If there’s any hope in this dizzying, brilliantly drawn and terrifyingly possible near-future, it’s the ability of even selfish people to passionately throw themselves against overwhelming odds. Captivating." - Kirkus Reviews
"As in the first book, Laura narrates the story through her diary, complete with angry futuristic slang, images of newspaper clippings, advertisements, and black-and-white photos. This dark eco-thriller is reflective of the growing concern over global warming and decreasing resources and more terrifying in many ways than the ever popular vampire/thriller genre." - School Library Journal
"Although this doesn’t have quite the sense of urgency as the first book, and Lloyd asks readers to care more about the characters than the global train wreck, the friction of living life in times of radical upheaval remains potent, sobering, and awfully exciting. Grades 9-12." - Booklist
Fans of Cory Doctorow's Little Brother and Susan Beth Pfeffer's Life as We Knew It should be steered in Lloyd's direction.
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Saci Lloyd has worked as a script editor for Camouflage Films, where she was involved in several projects including a $20m Columbia Tri-Star co-production, Amy Foster. She is now head of Media at Newham Sixth Form College.
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