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"In the years after the glaciers melt
\, Nonie\, her older sister and her parents and their researcher friends h
ave stayed behind in an almost deserted New York City\, creating a settlem
ent on the roof of the American Museum of Natural History. The rule: Take
from the exhibits only in dire need. They hunt and grow their food in Cent
ral Park as they work to save the collections of human history and science
. When a superstorm breaches the city's flood walls\, Nonie and her family
must escape north on the Hudson. They carry with them a book that holds t
heir records of the lost collections. Racing on the swollen river towards
what may be safety\, they encounter communities that have adapted in very
different and sometimes frightening ways to the new reality. But they are
determined to find a way to make a new world that honors all they've saved
."-- Provided by publisher.