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Synopsis
"In the not too distant future, eighteen-year-old Darcy lives on an island in the Pacific Ocean, one of the last places on earth that is still habitable after North America has succumbed to a second ice age. To Darcy, America Pacifica is simply home: the only one she's ever known, its discomforts and mysteries made bearable by her loving though enigmatic mother. Then one night her mother receives a strange visitor--and the next day, she's gone"--Dust jacket flap.
Is America Pacifica appropriate for my child?
Suitable for most readers 13 and up.
A climate-fiction dystopia set after a second ice age forces survivors onto a Pacific island. Darcy searches for her missing mother, uncovering secrets about their isolated society. Themes of loss, survival, and mystery with mild peril.
What to know going in
This book has mild violence, no sexual content, and mild language. Content notes include death of parent, grief, and abandonment.
Who'll love this
Teens will connect with Darcy's determination to find her vanished mother and uncover the truth about the only world she's ever known.