Snowglobe by Soyoung Park

In the new world, after catastrophic climate change and the Warring Age, you either live in Snowglobe, or want to live in Snowglobe. After all, who really wants to live outside of the warm dome of Snowglobe, where the weather is climate controlled and there are luxuries that others can only dream about. Ever since she was little, Jeon Chobahm has wanted to be a director. After all, there are only two ways to enter into Snowglobe. Either as a director, or as an actor. Because, everyone in Snowglobe is having their lives recorded are they are either part of a show or helping to direct that show. All of Snowglobe is a reality television show for the rest of the world to watch as they sit in their small, cold houses or work to make electricity for Snowglobe.

But one night, when she and her brother are coming home from working at the local power plant, Chobahm comes across a former actor in dire straights. No one can survive in the cold, and so she makes the decision to try to save the woman. Little does Chobahm know that her life is about to change in strange ways she can not even imagine.

Recommended for grades 8 and up.

* the word "damn" is used in this podcast.