One shocking afternoon, computers around the globe shut down in a viral catastrophe. At sixteen-year-old Adam Daley’s high school, the problem first seems to be a typical electrical outage, until students discover that cell phones are down, municipal utilities are failing, and a few computer-free cars like Adam’s are the only vehicles that function. Driving home, Adam encounters a storm tide of anger and fear as the region becomes paralyzed. Soon—as resources dwindle, crises mount, and chaos descends—he will see his suburban neighborhood band together for protection.

• ISBN: 9780374355029
• Published: 2014 , Farrar Straus & Giroux (J)
• Themes: action and adventure, dystopia, STEM, Survival stories
• Descriptors: Canada, Science Fiction, Young Adult (ages 14-18)