Set in an imagined Second Civil War, American War, by Omar El Akkad, follows Sarat, a girl born in Louisiana in 2074, when the state has been almost totally swallowed by the waters, bioterrorism and climate change have torn the whole country apart, and war is being fought over what remains of fossil fuels. When she's sent to a camp for displaced families, Sarat finds herself caught up in the war itself and making difficult choices that could affect the entire country's future.