Dry - Neal Shusterman & Jarrod Shusterman

Dry

By Neal Shusterman & Jarrod Shusterman

  • Release Date: 2018-10-02
  • Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction for Young Adults
Score: 4.5
4.5
From 139 Ratings
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Description

“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.

Reviews

  • Society must take note and rise like a Phoenix from the ashes.

    5
    By Noland Dental
    Society must take note and rise like a Phoenix from the ashes: 12/10/2021. This novel published October 2, 2018 is a perfect fit for a now book in a 2021 pandemic stricken nation that is struggling with multiple layers of non-potable stagnation: climate change, ignorance, racism, poverty, government over site, water rights issues, youth issues, gun violence and suicide prevention importance. If we as a common collective of people (our earth society) can learn now that we are heading down a path of great destruction we may be able to stop some most uncomfortable devastation. Or we may have to suffer a slow tortuous journey of dehydration and DRY fires to rise up like a Phoenix from the ashes. Either way: nature vs. humankind will certainly teach us a lesson. Great novel. Very inspiring to be a hero for others misfortunes and to be highly grateful for what we have right now. 🌎🌍🌏 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Dry Book by Jarrod SHUSTERMAN and Neal Shusterman.

  • An Average Display

    3
    By ohmygodletmesendthis
    I had to read this for school, so of course my image is tainted of it. However, I'm certain the book played into too many overused archetypes and fell behind on the plot because of the characters meant to service it. The most interesting person was Henry, and even then his "wrap-up" left more to be desired. It was exceedingly average.

  • My favorite book ever

    5
    By POTATO MANNNNNNN
    You will NOT REGRET reading this book, it was so well written and the way the characters were written were awesome and the humor that was put in at exactly the right time made it a fun read. I also liked the way the characters reacted to the crisis and how they were all different but all human in a way that made them seam real. I rate this book five stars and it is by far my favorite book.

  • Just read the book.

    5
    By romance reader :)
    I swear you won’t regret it.

  • Read this book. Like right now.

    5
    By Marshmallow lover 101
    This book is a w e s o m e. The characters are written so well and I really felt like I knew them in person. I felt such emotion while reading the book. ( heck, I even cried over Kingston the dog) It really makes you wonder if you would ever have to endure the pain that the characters did. I could never imagine living through a crisis until now and to think that people really do live, no, survive through something like that is heart wrenching. I’ve always been the one at home, in my living room, watching crisis after crisis unfold in front of me on my tv. It’s always the same: “oh that’s terrible.” And then I walk away to drink my water and take for granted the things that the people on the news have been deprived of. I have so much I would love to say about Dry but I also don’t want to write and essay so I’ll end it here. I encourage anyone reading this review to read this book. You won’t regret it.

  • OMG

    5
    By A super fan!
    Literally the best book I’ve ever read in my WHOLE. Life ! The plot, the characters phenomenal. All though I was hoping it would show something like 3 years later where Jacqui, Kelton , Garret and Alyssa in the future, it’s all good!! I’m glad this book is being turned into a movie

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