Graham, author of THE SEVENTH JOURNEY series 'If you like a good novel with realistic characters that you actually find yourself caring about, I think you will enjoy this yarn as much as I did!' There is even a bit of steam punk, science fiction, dystopian fiction, alternate history, spirituality, and the supernatural added to the mix.Ĭan Liz Green face her fears and travel back to Leah's Folly and the time of the Big Flood in order to move on and help others? It falls into the category of post-apocalyptic fiction, but is also an adventure and coming of age story.

Raft People should appeal to adults, young adults, and mature teenagers. The other rafts are similar to Leah's Folly, but different too, as you may imagine from the craft's names. The story also includes one habitat dome, Constant, a refuge for the rich and powerful, naval rescue efforts, and some other Raft People crafts - Bayou Drink, Devil's Island, Sisters of Mercy, Mighty Duck, and Moby Dick. Liz Green narrates the story of Leah's Folly, her Raft People craft, from the perspective of a young adult therapist, even though most events occurred when she was sixteen to seventeen years old. Can this group of children, adults, and old people make it to the 'Up Above' before the sea rises? The military may provide some help, but urban guerrillas have chosen to use this opportunity to take out the government, and the rebels do not seem to mind some collateral damage. Overwhelmed and ill prepared, they must struggle against nature and gangs of hoodlums. This small group of neighbors decides to become Raft People to escape before their Houston suburb floods. They have to reply upon the natural talents of Liz's younger brother, Mark, a middle aged former female special forces diver named Shirley, and an eighty year old retired naval engineer. The family finds a website called '' which coordinates the efforts of ordinary people who plan to construct homemade crafts in order to float out of the disaster. You do not need to construct an actual raft to be Raft People, but you have to float. Ordinary people cannot expect to get help in time. The wealthy and well-connected rush to expensive sea habitats. The military and authorities are overwhelmed by the scope of the disaster. The suburban family, their neighbors, and billions of people all over the world are stuck between the rising seas and snarled land escape routes. But now the water keeps rising, and her mother, Leah, has bigger problems than Liz.

She lives on the Texas Coastal Plain with her single mother, brilliant older brother, and socially awkward but clever younger brother. Before the Big Flood, Liz Green worried more about hiding detention notes, the activities of her rebellious friends, and mental illness than global climate change.

Raft People by M.L. Katz