Read about another entry on the list.The Last Days of California, by Mary Miller
14-year-old Jess and her family are crossing the country in a car that smells like fast food, wearing King Jesus Returns! T-shirts and handing out literature on the end of the world. Miller nails the bored rhythms of a family road trip, spiked by their compelling, tabloid-ready destination: California and the Rapture. In between breaking the bad news to nonbelievers and helping her alluring older sister hide her pregnancy, Jess floats in motel pools, questions her faith, and flirts with boys, bending the rules in the days she’s almost certain are not her last.
--Marshal Zeringue
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