A chilling account
Laura Ingalls Wilder’s classic “The long Winter,” gives a vivid account of one of the worst winters in the U.S. history. Told through the eyes of 13-year-old Laura, the story takes place in 1880-1881.
One of the major plot elements is the snow blockade that stops all train traffic to the town for months, cutting it off from supplies and bringing its people to near starvation. Meteorologists have verified the accuracy of Wilder’s account of the weather.
Story of the storm
The bestselling book that inspired the unforgettable film, Sebastian Junger’s “The Perfect Storm” tells the true story of the Andrea Gail – a fishing vessel manned by a crew of six, which disappeared in the middle of a raging storm off the coast of Nova Scotia on October 28, 1991. After one radio call to shore, notifying listeners of the impending storm, the ship was never heard from again: disappearing into the depths of the ocean and taking the crew members with it.
Waves of destruction
Lauren Tarshi’s “I Survived A Tsunami” tells a story about Ben, whose family is pulled apart and swept away in the tsunami that hit Japan in 2011. Ben has to find a way to survive one of the most epic disasters.
The devil and the deep sea
Yann Martel’s 16-year-old protagonist finds himself in this quandary when he is forced to share a lifeboat with a fierce Bengal tiger. Piscine Molitor “Pi” Patel and his parents are on a sea voyage to Canada after selling their zoo in India when they run into a terrible storm that sinks their ship. Pi is the lone human survivor along with the tiger.
A deadly eruption
Mike Mullin’s “Ashfall” series follows 15-year-old Alex, who is home alone when the supervolcano under The Yellowstone-finally erupts. The Yellowstone that some scientists believe has been long overdue for an eruption.
With his house and neighbourhood destroyed, Alex embarks on a journey to search for his family and finds help in Darla, who he meets along the way. Together they find the strength and skills to survive and outlast the disaster.
Perils of global warming
“The Drowned World” is a 1962 science fiction novel by British writer J.G. Ballard. The novel depicts a post-apocalyptic future in which global warming has caused the majority of the Earth to become uninhabitable. The story follows a team of scientists researching ongoing environmental developments in a flooded, abandoned London. “The Drowned World” is also believed to be the founding text in the literary genre known as climate fiction.
The distinctiveness of Ballard’s fiction has given rise to the adjective “Ballardian”, defined by the Collins English Dictionary as resembling or suggestive of the conditions described in J.G. Ballard’s novels and stories.” His books usually examine the psychological effects of technological, social or environmental developments.
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