The Carbon Diaries 2015

It's January 1st, 2015, and the UK is the first nation to introduce carbon dioxide rationing, in a drastic bid to combat climate change. As her family spirals out of control, Laura Brown chronicles the first year of rationing with scathing abandon.

Will her mother become one with her inner wolf? Will her sister give up her weekends in Ibiza? Does her father love the pig more than her? Can her band the dirty angels make it big? And will Ravi Datta ever notice her? In these dark days, Laura deals with the issues that really matter: love, floods and pigs.

The Carbon Diaries 2015 is one girl's drastic bid to stay sane in a world unravelling at the seams.

Praise for The Carbon Diaries 2015

‘In this sharp but accessible satire, Saci Lloyd finds a real niche. It’s smart and sassy, as all th ebest teen diary novels are and it reveals Laura in all her adolescent glory – cross, bright, enthusiastic, insecure, selfish. But it’s also dark and dangerous. The picture of Britain as climate change really begins to take hold and carbon rationing comes is not something anyone is going to like much at all. Both strands of the book are entirely plausible and one makes the other of interest… It’s all pause for thought, but seen through the eyes of a girl who wants to snog the boy next door and make it big with her band, it doesn’t sound like a lecture. There are as many laughs as horrors in this book, and it strikes a very fine balance with poise and ease. The tone is chatty and idiomatic… It’s a very, very, very clever book, managing to sound warning bells whilst being one of the most entertaining teens books I’ve read in a while. Highly recommended.’
TheBookbag.co.uk

‘Introducing a great character and a topical subject told in a lively, varied format.’
Publishing News – Starred Choice

‘This is a charming tale full of laughs and angst, with a message both accessible and relevant to today’s teenagers’.
Publishing News – Bookseller’s Choice