The story is told from various viewpoints, which grow as the story progresses. Suddenly, Alyssa’s doomsday prepper neighbors don’t seem so strange anymore. And the longer things drag on, panic starts to ensue. This is the reality for Alyssa and many others in California when the taps go dry.Įven as the government and media work to assure the public that everything is temporary and that they have nothing to be worried about, not everyone is buying it. How long does it take before civilized people stop acting civilized when access to basic needs, like water, is cut off? Hint: not long. I will NEVER again take a drink of water without thinking of my privilege and thinking of this book. I was thirsty the whole time I read it, even as I sat there chugging my water that I had free access to. This book was dark and dramatic, and it was like a slap in the face. When her parents don’t return, and she and her brother are threatened, Alyssa has to make impossible choices if she’s going to survive. Suddenly Alyssa’s quiet suburban street spirals into a war zone of desperation neighbors and families turning against one another in the hunt for water. Everyone’s life has become an endless list of don’ts: don’t water the lawn, don’t fill up your pool, don’t take long showers. The drought - or the Tap-Out, as everyone calls it - has been going on for a while now. Everyone’s going to remember where they were when the taps went dry.
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