In Heather Demetrios's "Little Universes," the Winters sisters, Mae and Hannah, confront a new reality after a devastating tsunami claims the lives of their parents. Relocated to Boston away from the sun-kissed ambience of California, the sisters' senior year is marred by uncovered family secrets and their own personal tribulations. Mae, with dreams of the stars, faces an existential crisis alongside an unexpected romantic entanglement, while Hannah's secret life as a poet is jeopardized by a burgeoning addiction and a dangerous entanglement of the heart. With the force of the wave that changed everything, they are propelled apart, yet the bond of sisterhood demands a choice—will Mae venture into the cosmos of her dreams or anchor herself to the familial love that remains?