âThe authors do not hold back.â âBooklist (starred review) âThe palpable desperation that pervades the plotâŚfeels true, giving it a chilling air of inevitability.â âPublishers Weekly (starred review) âThe Shustermans challenge readers.â âSchool Library Journal (starred review) âNo one does doom like Neal Shusterman.â âKirkus Reviews (starred review)
When the California drought escalates to catastrophic proportions, one teen is forced to make life and death decisions for her family in this harrowing story of survival from New York Times bestselling author Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman.
The droughtâor the Tap-Out, as everyone calls itâhas been going on for a while now. Everyoneâs lives have become an endless list of donâts: donât water the lawn, donât fill up your pool, donât take long showers.
Until the taps run dry.
Suddenly, Alyssaâs quiet suburban street spirals into a warzone of desperation; neighbors and families turned against each other on the hunt for water. And when her parents donât return and her lifeâand the life of her brotherâis threatened, Alyssa has to make impossible choices if sheâs going to survive.
Dry - Neal Shusterman & Jarrod Shusterman
By Neal Shusterman & Jarrod Shusterman
Release Date: 2018-10-02
Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction for Young Adults
âThe authors do not hold back.â âBooklist (starred review) âThe palpable desperation that pervades the plotâŚfeels true, giving it a chilling air of inevitability.â âPublishers Weekly (starred review) âThe Shustermans challenge readers.â âSchool Library Journal (starred review) âNo one does doom like Neal Shusterman.â âKirkus Reviews (starred review)
When the California drought escalates to catastrophic proportions, one teen is forced to make life and death decisions for her family in this harrowing story of survival from New York Times bestselling author Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman.
The droughtâor the Tap-Out, as everyone calls itâhas been going on for a while now. Everyoneâs lives have become an endless list of donâts: donât water the lawn, donât fill up your pool, donât take long showers.
Until the taps run dry.
Suddenly, Alyssaâs quiet suburban street spirals into a warzone of desperation; neighbors and families turned against each other on the hunt for water. And when her parents donât return and her lifeâand the life of her brotherâis threatened, Alyssa has to make impossible choices if sheâs going to survive.