This book is not afraid of asking difficult questions about disabilities and addiction and whether only the perfect deserve to survive in this situation. The science here is done just right, with a clear connection to today’s technology but also taking it leaps ahead, allowing readers to truly believe it is 2035. Yes, she destroys much of it, but the spirit of the people is clear on the page as is the beauty of the city even through its destruction. But who is going to take Denise who is autistic and her mother who struggles with drug addiction?ĭuyvis set this book in her native Amsterdam and throughout the novel, one can see her love for her nation and her city. Now it is up to Denise to figure out how to fix everything, to find her sister in destroyed and flooded Amsterdam, and even more importantly get them all a spot on the generation ship before it takes off. Instead of a temporary shelter, they are offered shelter in a generation ship that will wait out the comet hit and then leave earth. As they drive the empty streets to their temporary shelter, desperately late, a chance encounter leads them on another path. Now they are not going to reach the shelter in time and that means that they probably won’t survive the comet hitting Earth. She is trying to wait for Denise’s sister, Iris. Denise and her mother are ready to leave their apartment, but her mother won’t move fast enough. The author of Otherbound returns with a stunning science fiction novel for teens.

On the Edge of Gone by Corinne Duyvis ( InfoSoup)

Otherbound by Corinne Duyvis