When the California drought escalates to catastrophic proportions, one teen is forced to make life and death decisions in this harrowing story of survival from New York Times bestselling author Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman. The drought - or the Tap-Out, as everyone calls... it - has been going on for a while now. Everyone's lives have become an endless list of don'ts: don't water the lawn, don't fill up your pool, don't take long showers. Until the taps run dry. Suddenly, Alyssa's quiet suburban street spirals into a warzone of desperation; neighbours and families turned against each other on the hunt for water. And when her parents don't return and her life - and the life of her brother - is threatened, Alyssa has to make impossible choices if she's going to survive.
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ISBN |
9781406386851 |
Released AU |
1 Oct 2018 |
Publisher |
Walker Books |
Format |
Paperback |
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Availability |
999 In stock at publisher; delivery usually 15-20 working days due to covid19 delays
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ISBN-13 |
9781406386851 |
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Stock |
Available |
Status |
In stock at publisher; delivery usually 15-20 working days due to covid19 delays |
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Publisher |
Walker Books |
Imprint |
Walker Books Ltd |
Released |
1 Oct 2018
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Publication Country |
United Kingdom |
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Format |
Paperback
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Author(s) |
By Shusterman, Neal By Shusterman, Jarrod |
Category |
Fiction (Child / Teen) Thrillers
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Number of Pages |
416 |
Dimensions |
Width: 129mm Height: 198mm Spine: 25mm |
Dewey Code |
813.6 |
Weight |
287g |
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Interest Age |
13+ years |
Reading Age |
13+ years |
Library of Congress |
California - Fiction |
NBS Text |
Young Adult Fiction |
ONIX Text |
Young adult |
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Awards, Reviews & Star Ratings
NZ Review |
No one does doom like Neal Shusterman (Thunderhead, 2018, etc.)-the breathtakingly jagged brink of apocalypse is only overshadowed by the sense that his dystopias lie just below the surface of readers' fragile reality, a few thoughtless actions away ... Mouths have never run so dry at the idea of thirst. * Kirkus Reviews * ... the palpable desperation that pervades the plot as it thunders toward the ending feels true, giving it a chilling air of inevitability. * Publishers Weekly, starred review * |
UK Review |
Bertrams Star Rating: 3 stars (out of 5) |
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Author's Bio
Neal Shusterman is an award-winning author whose books include the New York Times bestselling Unwind series and Challenger Deep, which won a National Book Award, as well as the Arc of a Scythe series. He also writes screenplays for film and television, for shows such as Goosebumps and Animorphs. He lives in Southern California with his four children. Follow him on Twitter: @NealShusterman
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