The Great Big One

J. C. Geiger

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Little, Brown Young Readers
05 August 2021

Everyone in Clade City knows the Great Big One is coming--a tsunami guaranteed to decimate the West Coast and sink their small coastal town. If they manage to live that long. Nuclear strikes seem increasingly likely. Wildfires. Solar flares, and a growing chance of apocalyptic horsemen. So Griff and the Lost Coast Preppers will be ready. Canning. Stockpiling. Monitoring radio signals. To survive, one must expect the unexpected. But the songs catch Griff and even his twin Leo by surprise.

What begins as a striking moment becomes a competition between Griff and Leo that divides the brothers: Griff toward music and Chastity, a striking new girl with an angelic voice; Leo toward his late-night prepping missions and stealing Chastity's attention away from Griff.

But when a mission to track the source of the music alters the course of Griff's understanding of life, which will win out: hope or fear?

By: J. C. Geiger
Imprint: Little, Brown Young Readers
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 212mm, Width: 142mm, Spine: 36mm
Weight: 480g
ISBN: 9780759555396
ISBN 10: 0759555397
Pages: 384
Publication Date: 05 August 2021
Recommended Age: From 13 to 17 years
Audience: Children/juvenile , English as a second language
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Out of Print

J.C. Geiger (jcgeiger.com) survived an earthquake on the Mouth of Hell volcano in Nicaragua, learned to drive stick shift on a bookmobile, and once fell asleep while running. He also writes fiction. He is a GrandSLAM Storytelling Champion at The Moth, and his work has appeared on stage at The Second City and No Shame Theatre. His debut novel, Wildman, was named by Bank Street as a Best YA Book of the Year. J.C. lives about sixty miles from the Oregon coast, and makes the trip as often as he can.

Reviews for The Great Big One

The book shines the brightest when it toes the line between real and surreal, highlighting the existential question that high-school graduates face: How do I live the rest of my life?--Booklist I LOVE THIS BOOK. It's hilarious, sad, and unputdownable.--p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 15.0px; font: 13.0px Arial; color: #0e0e0e; -webkit-text-stroke: #0e0e0e; background-color: #ffffff}span.s1 {font-kerning: none}Laini Taylor, New York Times bestselling author and National Book Award Finalist Wildman is that good song that gets under your skin and respins your DNA.--p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 15.0px; font: 13.0px Arial; color: #0e0e0e; -webkit-text-stroke: #0e0e0e; background-color: #ffffff}span.s1 {font-kerning: none}Martha Brockenbrough, award-winning author of The Game of Love and Death Praise for Wildman: * A thought-provoking, hilarious, eloquent story of a young man realizing that the world is much larger than the one set up for him.--Kirkus Reviews, starred review