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 droughtāor the Tap-Out, as everyone calls itāhas been going on for a while now. Everyoneās lives have become an endless list of donāts: donāt water the lawn, donāt fill up your pool, donāt take long showers.
Until the taps run dry.
Suddenly, Alyssaās 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 donāt return and her lifeāand the life of her brotherāis threatened, Alyssa has to make impossible choices if sheās going to survive.