After a mysterious cataclysm, 13-year-old Ruth Ann Seward and her 10-year-old brother Josh must take their horses from Long Island to Maine to find out if they are the last of mankind. In this alternate near-future, driverless cars have made the roads safer, kids have been going to school in co-op pods, animals are all required to be registered and chipped, and people have adopted new tech that pipes directly into the brain, making the acquisition of information and entertainment instantaneous. But when “the event” happens, and everything electrical fails—including the new brain ports—it seems everyone is dead, except Ruth and Josh. With her knowledge of horses, camping, and bushcraft, Ruth is well-suited to seek out the tatters of their remaining family and survive this kind of disaster. As long as the grief and turmoil of coming of age in an apocalypse don’t overwhelm her, that is.

More Today than Yesterday shows the resilience of young people in the face of terrifying circumstances. This “cozy catastrophe” has a lot of grief and anger, but it is also shot through with light, tenderness, and hope. The heart of this story isn’t the aftermath of the apocalypse, but the ferocious sibling love Ruth and Josh have for each other.