{"product_id":"how-to-pack-for-the-end-of-the-world-isbn-9780062680273","title":"How to Pack for the End of the World","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Breakfast Club meets We Are the Ants in this timely story for a generation of young activists.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you knew the world was going to end tomorrow, what would you do?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the question that haunts Amina as she watches new and horrible stories of discord and crisis flash across the news every day.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut when she starts at prestigious Gardner Academy, Amina finds a group of like-minded peers to join forces with—fast friends who dedicate their year to learning survival skills from each other, before it’s too late.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStill, as their prepper knowledge multiplies, so do their regular high school problems, from relationship drama to family issues to friend blow-ups. 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