Code Red

Marissa Slaven was born and raised in Montreal by parents who taught her that it was her responsibility to do her part to make the world a better place. She has been helping people in her role as a palliative care physician for twenty-five years and she continues to get great satisfaction from this work. She is the mother of three grown children and two dogs. She has always enjoys reading books of multiple genres and frequently has two or three books on the go at the same time. She especially loves stories with strong female characters and was searching for a YA novel where the heroine saves the world using her intelligence and compassion. She was inspired by her daughter to write Code Blue, an eco-fiction thriller, where a teenage girl and her friends battle climate change. Marissa took courses at Humber college where she honed her writing skills. In the process of writing the novel, Marissa taught herself about the climate crisis. She became a passionate climate activist and continues to both write and try to do her part to make the world a more sustainable place for all living things. Marissa loves interacting with her readers and speaking with young people about the environment. She recently completed Code Red, the sequel to Code Blue, and is working on a non-fiction account of her great-uncle's involvement in the Spanish Civil War.For more information about Marissa visit her website: marissaslaven.com

In the exciting sequel to young adult eco-thriller, Code Blue, Atlantic (Tic) Brewer returns to the North East Science Academy where she and her fellow students are racing against the clock to save civilization from the results of the Change.Tic wants nothing more than to study and hang with her friends and do her best to forget the events of the last few months, especially her time in the North Atlantic on board the Joshua. But things go from bad to worse for Tic. She is more than relieved to get away from school and relax with Uncle Al and his family, even amidst the constant threat of wildfires.But Tic just can't seem to stay out of trouble. When her past catches up with her, it will take help from all her friends for Tic to survive and figure out what or who is behind the Change.Far from your typical boarding-school adventure, Code Blue and Code Red challenges readers with questions relevant to our time.