In The Age of Miracles I felt like the author did not resolve the problem. The problem in this book is that the Earth, which usually spins at a normal rate and does a full circle in 24 hours, starts to slow and slow adding more minutes to the clock each day. Our main character is Julia and the book is first person narrated in her perspective of the slowing world. The slowing causes shifts in gravity and the atmosphere, food not being able to grow because of the extended day and night, and odd diseases that cause headaches, fainting and death to the people. Instead of having Julia or someone else save the world from this slowing, the book ends with Julia in her twenties sadly talking about how the world would eventually end because the fuel