It’s January 1st, 2015, and the UK is the first nation to introduce carbon dioxide rationing, in a drastic bid to combat climate change. As her family spirals out of control, Laura Brown chronicles the first year of rationing with scathing abandon. Will her mother become one with her inner wolf? Will her sister give up her weekends in Ibiza? Does her father love the pig more than her? Can her band The Dirty Angels make it big? And will Ravi Datta ever notice her?
In these dark days, Laura deals with the issues that really matter: love, floods and pigs.
The Carbon Diaries 2015 is one girl’s drastic bid to stay sane in a world unravelling at the seams.
In these dark days, Laura deals with the issues that really matter: love, floods and pigs.
The Carbon Diaries 2015 is one girl’s drastic bid to stay sane in a world unravelling at the seams.
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Reviews
Loses sight of neither the seriousness of the subject matter nor the reader's funny bone
'Much more than a clanging gong signalling the end of days, this is a charming tale full of laughs and angst, with a message both accessible and relevant to today's teenagers.'
Powerful and impressive ... There is backs-to-the-wall fun in this novel. But it is also intensely serious.
Completely gorgeous ... entirely plausible
An absolutely brilliant read
I thought that it was a brilliant read ... I really want to read the sequel
A perfect example of how to blend an important message into an entertaining novel
This book is perfect from cover to cover ... original, clever, funny, well worked out ... A superbly presented great read you'll never forget
'It's edgy, it's appealing and it's contemporary and it makes for utterly compelling and frightening reading.'
An uproarious, scathing and pathos-filled romp -- Adrian Mole does the apocalypse
An engrossing and engaging novel
Frank, honest and gripping ... should instantly be put onto the GCSE reading list
'A daunting vision of global chaos.'
It's smart and assy, as all the best teen diary novels are ... But it's also dark and dangerous ... a very, very, very clever book
A brilliant mix of teen drama and bleak British science fiction, this is a cross between Adrian Mole and JG Ballard ... an entertaining, gripping read
An absolutely brilliant read.
Simultaneously zany and serious, it's a book successfully opperating on different levels
'an uproarious, scathing and pathos-filled romp - Adrian Mole does the apocalypse.'
Saci Lloyd's portrayal of an angsty teenager squaring her infatuation with the boy next door and ambitions to be a new punk angel with a state clampdown on everything that powers her lifestyle is smart, funny and all too believable
A real eye-opener of a book ... told in a funny and interesting way, this book made a good -- if somewhat scary -- read
Fresh, hugely impressive and very readable