The Living

Matt de la Peña takes on action-adventure in The Living—an edge-of-your-seat thrill ride. Shy's summer cruise ship job turns into a fight for survival when a massive earthquake hits Southern California.

An edge-of-your-seat thrill ride for readers who enjoy apocalyptic disasters. Imagine a summer job turned bad—in the worst way.

Shy took the summer job to make some money. In a few months on a luxury cruise liner, he'll rake in the tips and be able to help his mom and sister out with the bills. And how bad can it be? Bikinis, free food, maybe even a girl or two—every cruise has different passengers, after all.

But everything changes when the Big One hits. Shy's only weeks out at sea when an earthquake more massive than ever before recorded hits California, and his life is forever changed.

The earthquake is only the first disaster. Suddenly it's a fight to survive for those left living.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

The Living is MATT DE LA PEÑA's fifth novel for young readers. He attended the University of the Pacific on a basketball scholarship, and went on to earn a Master of Fine Art in Creative Writing at San Diego State University. De la Peña currently lives in Brooklyn, New York, where he teaches creative writing.