No+Passengers+Beyond+this+Point-+Choldenko



Three siblings board a plane after their mother loses the family house and sends them to live with their uncle in Colorado. But instead of Colorado, they land. . . somewhere. They’re dropped off at their individually tailored dream houses but only have one day to live there before they each get a ticking clock counting down to zero. Trying to circumvent the baffling bureaucracy of this lightly Kafkaesque dreamland, they attempt to figure out how to return home but get tripped up by a weird set of rules about finding a dog and a black box and putting three puzzle pieces together. Choldenko drops a few hints along the way but only fully reveals what’s happening behind this fever dream in a blistering resolution that doesn’t quite answer the dozens of questions readers may have stored up. Still, the ultimate point—that family ties, prickly though they may be, are the surest thing to hold on to when the world goes bonkers—is delivered with an unusually thoughtful dose of weirdness and honest sentiment. A fast-paced mind-bender.