Life as we know it is ending November 17. That's the day of Departure, when believers will be taken up to a new world free of environmental damage and strife -- free to start again. Sounds crazy, right? Well, to Rooney Harris it does, but to her deluded mother and impressionable younger brother, it sounds like salvation.

High school is hard enough, but it's even tougher for Rooney. She's working an after-school job to support her struggling family, crushing on a best friend, and desperate to get into a good college so she can leave her small town behind -- all while trying to keep a very big secret: Her mother is involved with a cult that believes they'll be whisked away to a new planet in a few months. As her mother's obsession threatens to tear apart their family, Rooney is forced to hold everything together. But will saving her family mean sacrificing her dreams?