I read this book in either 2018 or 2019, it could have been released earlier but not before 2007 I don't think. I don't know any names but I know that the main character's family is poor. they are assigned this underground bunker (because the people who can't afford spaceships need some way to survive the meteor crash) and then they are left to fend for themselves. the main character is separated from her mother and elder sister and is found by some people and is taken to a spacecraft JUST for the duration of the crash but she becomes the assistant for someone who's important on the spaceship [she might have other abilities not entirely sure]. also, there's a subplot about something about missing blue barrels.She's offered a place on the ship but when she finds her mom and sister they aren't allowed on the ship. I think in the end she leaves them behind and goes on the ship or she might have stayed with them instead of leaving but I'm not sure. another really random thing- just before the crash (like a couple of weeks or something) they had a party and she just enjoyed it instead of being her usual self. Few notes:sister is eldermom might be a drug addictno one knows about the spacecraft that takes people in based on talents because everyone will want to come and there's a big waiting list of family members and staff.AHHHH IT'S BEEN BUGGING ME! I HOPE IT RINGS A BELL IN SOMEONE'S BRAIN....
January 29, 2035.That’s the day the comet is scheduled to hit—the big one. Denise and her mother and sister, Iris, have been assigned to a temporary shelter near their hometown of Amsterdam to wait out the blast, but Iris is nowhere to be found, and at the rate Denise’s drug-addicted mother is going, they’ll never reach the shelter in time.Then a last-minute encounter lead January 29, 2035.That’s the day the comet is scheduled to hit—the big one. Denise and her mother and sister, Iris, have been assigned to a temporary shelter near their hometown of Amsterdam to wait out the blast, but Iris is nowhere to be found, and at the rate Denise’s drug-addicted mother is going, they’ll never reach the shelter in time.Then a last-minute encounter leads them to something better than a temporary shelter: a generation ship that’s scheduled to leave Earth behind and colonize new worlds after the comet hits. But each passenger must have a practical skill to contribute. Denise is autistic and fears that she’ll never be allowed to stay. Can she obtain a spot before the ship takes flight? What about her mother and sister?When the future of the human race is at stake, whose lives matter most? ...more