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Told from the perspective of a motley group of teens, this story takes place when a drought causes the water system to fail and leaves people dying of thirst as they fight each other for this precious resource. Alyssa has to take care of her brother after her parents disappear trying to secure water. Kelton’s family has a bunker and plenty of guns; they are ready for any crisis. But this one tears their family apart. They end up on the run with a juvenile delinquent who brandishes Kelton’s gun.
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Fascinating exploration of how people respond, with fear, fury, and flight, to climate disasters, here an imagined Tap-Out where a prolonged drought in southern California leads to taps literally running dry. An unlikely group of teen survivors band together to find water to drink and quickly become confronted with ethically problematic and ultimately unavoidable, but necessary, choices to survive. The audiobook production is top notch, gripping, surprisingly humorous, and, by the end, almost pa
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Except for the ending this would have been 4 stars. A great "what if" book, in this case if the taps run dry. It all is extremely plausible and I can see how some people would put this in realistic, while others in dystopian.
Bit remind me of the (superior) "Blindness" of Saramago.
The ending was where it all fell down for me. Seriously? It's all wrapped up and tied up in bows in a couple of weeks, both sets of parents survive and the worst that happens is a divorce and some deaths? Oh and a men ...more
Bit remind me of the (superior) "Blindness" of Saramago.
The ending was where it all fell down for me. Seriously? It's all wrapped up and tied up in bows in a couple of weeks, both sets of parents survive and the worst that happens is a divorce and some deaths? Oh and a men ...more
The residents of Southern California were warned to conserve water but almost no one was prepared for the day that the water taps were turned off. This harrowing survival story feels all too possible.
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