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390 pp.
| Simon |
October, 2018 |
TradeISBN 978-1-4814-8196-0$18.99
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EbookISBN 978-1-4814-8198-4
(2)
YA
A major drought in Southern California culminates in taps running dry. As people become increasingly desperate and institutions break down, Alyssa, her brother Garrett, and their doomsday-prepper neighbor Kelton wind up on a road trip to survive, picking up strangers along the way who may or may not be allies. This compulsively readable, unnerving dystopia raises important questions about how our current world would handle the similar crises we've created.