The Carbon Diaries 2017

The Carbon Diaries 2017

This is the eagerly awaited sequel to Carbon Diaries 2015, which was shortlisted for the Costa Children's Book Award.

It's over a year since her last diary and Laura Brown is now in her first year of university in London, a city still struggling to pull itself together in the new rationing era. Laura's right in the heart of it; her band, The Dirty Angels, are giggling all over town until a police crackdown on rioting students forces them out of the city. After a brief exile on her parents' farm, the angels set off in a battered VW bus on a tour of Europe with the fabulous Tiny Chainsaws in the Distance.

But the tour soon unravels in an increasingly dramatic sequence of events that include drought in Europe and Africa, a tidal-wave of desperate immigrants, a water war in the Middle East and city-wide face off with the army in London. Not to mention infidelity, betrayal, friendship, love and massive courage.

How long can Laura distance herself from the struggle? And more importantly, how can she keep her style and stay alive in a world on the edge of madness?

Saci Lloyd has worked as a script editor for Camouflage Films, where she was involved in several projects including a $20m Columbia Tri-Star co-production, Amy Foster. She is now head of Media at Newham Sixth Form College.

The Carbon Diaries 2017
Hachette Children's Books
Author: Saci Lloyd
ISBN: 9780340970164
Price: $17.99