<DIV><P>Seventeen-year-old Penelope (Pen) has lost everything—her home, her parents, and her ten-year-old brother. Like a female Odysseus in search of home, she navigates a dark world full of strange creatures, gathers companions and loses them, finds love and loses it, and faces her mortal enemy. <P>In her signature style, Francesca Lia Block has created a world that is beautiful in its destruction and as frightening as it is lovely. At the helm of <I>Love in the Time of Global Warming</I> is Pen, a strong heroine who holds hope and love in her hands and refuses to be defeated.</DIV>