First published 2017
The news breaks on an ordinary day: an asteroid will strike Earth in two months. For high school students who once defined themselves as jocks, outcasts, troublemakers, and nerds, the countdown changes everything. The protagonist and classmates watch their carefully constructed identities crumble as the reality sets in. No one cares about social hierarchies when the world has an expiration date. The students have sixty days to discover who they really are beneath the labels they wore. They face a choice between spending their final weeks trapped in old patterns or using the time to become something larger than themselves. As the asteroid approaches, they must decide what truly matters when everything familiar will soon disappear. The story explores how impending doom strips away pretense and reveals authentic human connection. These teenagers confront the ultimate question: how do you live when you know exactly when life will end?
Genres: fiction, coming-of-age, contemporary, young-adult, 21st-century, apocalyptic
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, stripped-of-pretense
432 pages · Paperback · Planeta Publishing