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“I can’t help but sense that desperation is right around the bend.”

Dry by Shusterman, Neal

July 12, 2019 by cosbrarian Leave a Comment

cbr11bingo – Listicle! (Dry is featured on this list of 2018 must-read teen fiction) Drought isn’t a new phenomenon to Alyssa or anyone else in California, but the ante is upped when one day the taps run dry.  Quickly termed the “tap-out” by local news, it doesn’t take long for stores to run out of bottled water and for people to start freaking out.  In this environmental disaster book, Neal Shusterman and his son Jarrod explore the possibilities of how chaos could unfold in California […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Suspense, Young Adult Tagged With: cbr11bingo, climate change, climate fiction, environmental disaster, jarrod shusterman, Neal Shusterman, survival, YA, Young Adult

cosbrarian's CBR11 Review No:46 · Genres: Audiobooks, Suspense, Young Adult · Tags: cbr11bingo, climate change, climate fiction, environmental disaster, jarrod shusterman, Neal Shusterman, survival, YA, Young Adult ·
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