1Institute for Medical Research Israel-Canada (IMRIC), Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences (ELSC), Faculty of Medicine, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel.

Barbera 2, Irena Levitan 2 and Baruch Minke 1* There is even a bit of steam punk, science fiction, spirituality, and supernatural added to the mix.Rita Gutorov 1, Maximilian Peters 1, Ben Katz 1, Tal Brandwine 1, Nicolas A. It falls into the category of post-apocalyptic thrillers, but is also an adventure and coming of age story. Raft People should appeal to adults, young adults, and mature teenagers. You do not need to construct an actual raft to be Raft People, but you have to float. The other rafts are similar to Leah’s Folly, but different too, as you may imagine from the craft’s name. The story also includes one habitat dome, Constant, a refuge for the rich and powerful, naval rescue efforts, and some other Raft People crafts – Bayou Drink, Devil’s Island, Sisters of Mercy, Mighty Duck, and Moby Dick. Liz Green narrates the story of Leah's Folly, her Raft People craft, from the perspective of a young adult therapist, even though most events occurred when she was sixteen to seventeen years old. Can this group of children, adults, and old people make it to the “Up Above” before the sea rises?

The military may provide some help, but urban guerrillas have chosen to use this chance to take out the government, and the rebels do not seem to mind some collateral damage. Overwhelmed and ill prepared, they must struggle against nature and gangs of hoodlums. The group of neighbors decides to become Raft People to escape before their Houston suburb floods. As the Gulf of Mexico turns into the new Sea of Mexico, they have to rely upon the help of her awkward, but brilliant brother, Mark Green, a middle aged, female former Special Forces diver named Shirley, and an eighty year old retired naval engineer, Mr. Faced with the rising sea to the south and jammed highways to the north, Leah, Liz's mother, decides they need to become Raft People. While billions of people struggle to survive, several thousand turn to, a website that helps them construct floating escape vessels out of things they have on hand.ĭuring the time of the Big Flood, Liz Green is a troubled teenager living with her single mother and brothers. Meanwhile ordinary people find themselves stuck between jammed escape routes and the rising sea. The military scrambles for ships while the wealthy run to secret ocean habitats.

Human errors magnify global climate change, forcing catastrophic floods over the world's coastlines.

Raft People by M.L. Katz