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312 pp.
| HarperCollins/Tegen |
September, 2013 |
TradeISBN 978-0-06-219850-1$17.99
(3)
YA
Water is scarce, disease is rampant, and humanity is in short supply. Sixteen-year-old Lynn spends her days defending the pond on her property by any means necessary--including murder (described in graphic detail). When a group of men threatens to steal the water and harm a family taking refuge with Lynn, the violence escalates. Survival is a bloody, brutal business in this bleak dystopia.