Six high school kids, two eighth-graders, and six little kids trapped together in a chain superstore build a refuge for themselves inside. Outside, a series of escalating disasters, beginning with a monster hailstorm and ending with a chemcial weapons spill, seem to be tearing the world -- as they know it -- apart.

Map on lining papers. Includes author interview, discussion questions, Chapter 1 of Monument 14: Sky on Fire (pages 311-322), and the short story, "Dress your marines in white" (pages 323-344).