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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherSimon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
ISBN-101481481975
ISBN-139781481481977
eBay Product ID (ePID)5038748747
Product Key Features
Book TitleDry
Number of Pages416 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2019
TopicAction & Adventure / Survival Stories, Nature & The Natural World / Environment, Family / Siblings, General, People & Places / United States / General
GenreJuvenile Fiction, Young Adult Fiction
AuthorNeal Shusterman, Jarrod Shusterman
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1.1 in
Item Weight11.1 Oz
Item Length8.2 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceYoung Adult Audience
LCCN2018-008928
Dewey Edition23
ReviewsThe Shustermans challenge readers... This survival tale is packed with themes and allegories that will attract fans of literary YA as well as readers seeking a good adventure., * "No one does doom like Neal Shusterman... He and his debut novelist son have crafted a world of dark thirst and fiery desperation, which, despite tendrils of hope that thread through the conclusion, feels alarmingly near to our future.", Dry could play out tomorrow morning... With strong characterizations, a timely topic, and decisions to debate at every turn, this is a prime candidate for YA book clubs., * "The palpable desperation that pervades the plot as it thunders toward the ending feels true, giving it a chilling air of inevitability... a study of how extreme circumstances can bring out people's capacity for both panic and predation, ingenuity and altruism.", * "The authors do not hold back... Lovers of horror action fiction will feel right at home with this terrifyingly realistic story of our tenuous relationship with the environment and of the resilience of the human spirit in the face of desperate situations."
Grade FromSeventh Grade
Dewey DecimalF
Synopsis"The authors do not hold back." -- Booklist (starred review) "The palpable desperation that pervades the plot...feels true, giving it a chilling air of inevitability." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) "The Shustermans challenge readers." -- School Library Journal (starred review) "No one does doom like Neal Shusterman." -- Kirkus 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 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; neighbors 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.