It's the End of the World and I'm in My Bathing Suit

"It's the End of the World and I'm in My Bathing Suit" by Justin A. Reynolds is a humorous middle-grade novel that follows twelve-year-old Eddie Gordon Holloway as he attempts to avoid doing chores, particularly the dreaded laundry. Eddie's plan to wear every piece of clothing in his wardrobe to stretch out summer is thwarted when he is grounded on the day of the Beach Bash for failing to do laundry. While left at home to clean his clothes, a power outage ruins his first load, forcing Eddie to venture out in only his swim trunks and flip-flops.

As Eddie explores his neighborhood, he discovers that all the adults are gone, and he and a group of other neighborhood kids are left behind. What starts as an innocent adventure soon turns into a race to understand what's happening, and as night falls, the kids realize they might be the only ones left on Earth. The book combines absurd situations, humor, and the theme of unexpected responsibility, offering readers a quirky and entertaining take on surviving an apocalypse under the most ridiculous of circumstances.