On the Edge of Gone
Corinne Duyvis
3.94 · 16 ratings · Published: 08 Mar 2016
That’s the day the comet is scheduled to hit—the big one. Denise and her mother and sister, Iris, have been assigned to a temporary shelter near their hometown of Amsterdam to wait out the blast, but Iris is nowhere to be found, and at the rate Denise’s drug-addicted mother is going, they’ll never reach the shelter in time.
Then a last-minute encounter leads them to something better than a temporary shelter: a generation ship that’s scheduled to leave Earth behind and colonize new worlds after the comet hits. But each passenger must have a practical skill to contribute. Denise is autistic and fears that she’ll never be allowed to stay. Can she obtain a spot before the ship takes flight? What about her mother and sister?
When the future of the human race is at stake, whose lives matter most?
- sc-fi 4
- dystopia 3
- lgbtq+ 3
- apocalyptic 3
- post-apocalyptic 3
- survival 3
- family 3
- protagonists of colour 2
- friendship 2
- female mc 2
- contemporary 2
- space 2
- futuristic 2
- coming of age 1
- drama 1
- trans mc 1
- women loving women 1
- realistic 1
- action / adventure 1
- suspense 1
- romantic love 1
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- format - reader age
- young adult 3
- audiobook 2
- book 1
- content warnings
- mental illness 3
- substance abuse 1