06 January 2012
It may not be a serious rival to the ludicrous Twighlight Saga or the equally daft Vampire Diaries but 'Carbon Diaries 2015' provides a welcome departure in the literary world of teen angst. Books about climate change don't always have to be all about the serious stuff, facts, figures and all that to makes you hit reflective mode. Laura is a 16-year old UK teenager who keeps a diary of her life during the first year of carbon rationing in the UK, which begins (fictionally) in 2015.
In 'Carbon Diaries 2015' by Saci Lloyd you can forget about taking a bus without your carbon card. A car is something you only use on a Sunday, if you saved enough points elsewhere, and taking even a short flight would need something similar to hibernating for about two months before you save enough carbon points. She has a bad time adapting but not as bad as her sister. Kim can’t accept her gap year in the States being cancelled and goes into dealing on the black market for carbon. The life of their parents, a marriage kept together by convenience and material compensations, evaporates like snow before the sun. They are of course personally blamed for what they and their generation did to 'destroy' the life of Laura and Kim. Laura only escapes from going mad through love and her band. Then, climate change causes a perfect storm that looks set to give the final blow. Despite the depressing setting of carbon rationing, this book is easy to read, particulalry if you can appreciate the teenage slang language. If not, give it to a teenager near you and tell them it is all all about real bloodsuckers.
Vampires will never hurt you, 2002, My Chemical Romance
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