** spoiler alert ** 
 I really liked this book in a morbid, slow-down-to-watch-a-car-wreck sort of way. It was very plausible. Set 10 years in the future, the world is almost out of oil. Experts predicted that it would happen, but the populace didn't really believe them, and continued to rely heavily on it, not adjusting lifestyle or trying alternatives (sound familiar?), until it was too late. Suddenly oil is $800 a barrel, gas is being sold on the black market for $100 per gallon, imported items like produce and just about anything made in China (everything!) are in short supply, and petroleum based products, such as plastic, nail polish, and soap are no longer being produced. Even things that aren't petroleum based are in short supply because oil is needed to produce and transport them. The U.S. is at war with Venezuela over their oil and price gouging (the location of the last known reserves in the world), and Bolivia over their Lithium fields (the next energy source). There are blackouts because many towns rely on oil to run their electricity generators. Suddenly, people's lives drastically change.... The oil crisis is topped off by global-warming induced super-hurricanes (basically 2 hurricanes merging to create super-storms equivalent to a category 6 or 7 storm), and cities and coastal areas are being wiped off the map. Help can't be offered to the victims because there is no oil for transport. The stock market has crashed, with so much of it's success riding on oil prices and production of goods reliant on oil in one way or another. Unfortunately, it is now extremely difficult to develop new energy sources because oil is needed to provide power to produce them. The world is in crisis. 
 While this is all happening, the book follows the lives of three teenagers and their friends. Gwen, a social misfit with a bad family life, Nikki, the rich, pretty, and popular cheerleader, and Tom, the affable, nice-guy football player (and crush of both girls, to add some teen angst). 
 What I liked most about this book, is that I felt like it well portrayed what life will be like in 10 years. No flying cars, no far-fetched technology. Technology is smaller, everyone uses e-readers instead of books, all produce is genetically modified, but otherwise, things aren't that much different. People's attitudes certainly weren't at the beginning... The social commentary is obvious, but written in a way that isn't preachy, so it's intended target audience (ages 10+) will still enjoy the book.