From the author of THE BRIDGE FROM ME TO YOU a groundbreaking novel about what matters most -- when time is running outWhat do you do with your last day on earthThere are hours and fifteen minutes left until an asteroid strikes North America and for Emerson and everyone else who didnt leave the world will end But Emersons world already ended when she ran away from home last year Since then she has lived on the streets relying on her wits and her friend Vince to help her find places to sleep and food to eatThe citys quieter now that most people are gone and no one seems to know what to do as the end approaches But then Emerson and Vince meet Carl who tells them that he has been granting peoples wishes He gave his car away so a woman could take her son to see the ocean for the first time and he gives Emerson and Vince all the money he has in his walletSuddenly this last day seems full of possibility Emerson and Vince can grant a lot of wishes in hours -- maybe even their own.
