It’s the End of the World and I’m In My Bathing Suit

A hilarious new middle-grade from Justin A. Reynolds that

asks: What happens when five unsupervised kids face the apocalypse

under outrageously silly circumstances?

Twelve-year-old Eddie Gordon Holloway has concocted his most genius

plan ever to avoid chores… especially the dreaded L-A-U-N-D-R-Y.

If he can wear all the clothes he owns, he’ll only

have to do the laundry once during his school break.

On the day of the highly anticipated Beach Bash, Eddie’s monstrous

pile of dirty laundry is found by his mom. And Eddie’s day has

just taken a turn for the worst.Now he’s stuck at home by himself,

missing the bash, and doing his whole pile of laundry.

But mid-cycle, the power goes out! With his first load of laundry

wet and the rest of his stuff still filthy, he sets out to explore

the seemingly empty neighborhood in his glow-in-the-dark swim

trunks, flip-flops, and a beach towel.

He soon meets up with other neighborhood kids: newcomer Xavier

(who was mid-haircut and has half his head shaved), Eddie’s former

friend Sonia (who has spent her entire break trying to beat a

video game and was mid-battle with the final boss), and siblings

Trey and Sage (who are dealing with major sibling drama). As they

group up to cover more ground and find out what happened, they realize

that their families aren’t coming back anytime soon. And as

night falls, the crew realizes that they aren’t just the only people

left in the neighborhood, they might be the only people left…

anywhere.