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New York Times bestselling author Michael Perry delivers a middle-grade novel that is one part Jeanne DuPrau’s The City of Ember and one part Louis Sachar’s Holes. With the world falling to pieces, young Maggie’s family chooses to live on the dangerous outside rather than move to the Bubble Cities. But when disaster strikes, Maggie has to summon every ounce of her courage to save her loved ones. (Science Fiction/Ages 8 and up) I needed a better name. A stronger name. I wedged my fists on my hips and I announced that Maggie was yesterday, and from this day forward I would answer only to Ford Falcon. Life outside the Bubble Cities is rough. Electricity is history. The weather can change at a moment’s notice. And the world is short on food but full of trouble. After her family chose to take their chances OutBubble, Maggie decided it was time to grow up and grow tough. Rechristening herself Ford Falcon, she spends her days scavenging in a junkyard near her family’s makeshift house, fending off the occasional solar bear attack and keeping her eyes peeled for any GreyDevils that might be lurking around the corner. Although times are tough, Ford, her parents, and her little brother, Dookie, have been making do. But when Ford comes home from a bartering trip to find the place ransacked and her family missing, she must prove she is brave enough to make it in this wild world alone and face whatever obstacles stand in the way of rescuing her loved ones. “A fast-paced, post-apocalyptic Laura Ingalls Wilder wilderness story. Comparisons to other gritty, engaging tough-girl-with-a-strong-moral-compass stories are inevitable, but Maggie has originality and grit to spare.”—Kirkus Review