Orleans

Holly says: Sherri L Smith, who you may know from her 2009 book Flygirl, offers a creative and layered story in this dystopian tale. In Orleans (formerly New Orleans), now separated from the Outer States of America by a wall and left to fend for itself amidst a flooded landscape and Delta Fever, Fen de la Guerre finds herself in charge of an orphan and is determined to get the child to safety beyond the wall. When she encounters Daniel—a scientist with his own agenda who has entered Orleans illegally—they’ll have to work together to survive. Smith paints a vivid yet intermittently hopeful picture of what life after climate change could look like; the resilience of the earth and the underlying goodness of humanity stand out as themes in this YA novel.