MEMORY BOY by Will Weaver, Harper Collins, March 2001

Set in the near future, a series of cataclysmic volcanic eruptions in the Cascades results in worldwide climactic changes and disintegration of American society. Jumping between the time that the explosions occur and a point two years later, we follow a family from Minneapolis. Led by the family's clever 16 year old son, who is also our narrator, the family attempts to skirt danger as they try to escape the city in hopes of living at their vacation cabin on a lake. A gritty YA novel that had me totally engaged from beginning to end, it also had me thinking for a week afterward as a result of the premise being so believable. 

Richie Partington

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