All the Water in the World

Nonie has grown up with a deep connection to the water and can sense incoming storms. So, when the glaciers melt, and her family is forced to take refuge on the roof of New York’s shuttered American Museum of Natural History, Nonie is not surprised. The settlement is self-sustaining and abides by one rule: take only what is necessary for survival and preserve the rest for the future. But when a superstorm destroys the museum, Nonie, her sister Bix, their father, and Keller, an entomologist, sail north along the Hudson with a record of the museum’s lost collections. Caffall’s (The Mourner’s Bestiary) latest is a coming-of-age, climate change dystopian that is a heartfelt and hopeful tale of survival against all odds. Eunice Wong narrates the band of survivors with tenderness while also conveying their gritty determination as they seek a new life in a world forever altered by climate change.