Vivian Apple is not a believer in the book of Frick, the evangelical religious craze that is predicting the end of the world. But first, the "true believers" are going to be saved during the rapture...the date of which is well known. Vivian has never been a believer but her parents are baptized into the faith. She is among the surprised that find a hole in the ceiling and her parents gone, theoretically saved.
Vivian teams up with her best friend Harp, (her parents ALSO disappeared) and they embark on a trans continental trip to find out what is really happening.
I don't read a lot of YA books but this one has many of the traits that make it YA...young protagonists, teen angst, relationship woes. At first, this book followed these plot lines pretty well but later in the book there are some twists and turns that take it up a notch. In the end, Vivian figures a lot out and makes great strides in "finding" herself. I liked this much more than the average YA book and feel like Katie Coyle is an author to watch.
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