The
drought or better known as Tap-Out. That's what everyone calls it. It
has been going on for a while now. This book takes place in
California, far in the future. The entire state of California has
been in desperate need of water. People say that Vegas still had
water, but all the millions of hotel rooms there have all been booked
within hours of the Tap-Out. Ever since the Tap-Out started
everyone's life has become an endless list of don'ts, such as things
like, don't water the lawn, don't fill up your pool, don't take long
showers, don't hog all the water to yourself, and don't drink too
much water at once. Suddenly, Alyssa's quiet suburban street turns
into a war zone of desperation in need of water. The other families
and children in her neighborhood start turning against one another
fighting now and then to hunt for water. When her parents don't
return, and she and her brother are threatened, extremely worried
about their parents. Alyssa has to make impossible, important, and
smart choices if she's going to survive. It's basically making life
or death choices, if you make the wrong choice you could die. It's up
to Alyssa to see if she and her brother Garret will survive this
horrible time.
I
liked this book a lot I liked the plot, how California was in a huge
drought and how Alyssa's neighbors start fighting one another in need
of water. I also liked this book because it has some humor in it. The
book always has a lot of unexpected surprises, making it so much
better and more fun to read. This book was also really realistic no
matter how intense it gets. When the book started to get intense
which is a little towards the middle of the book, I just wanted to
keep on reading for hours desperate to know what happens next in the
book. I think that the characters in the book were very funny,
especially Kelton, Alyssa's next-door neighbor. Another reason I
liked this book is because it's so descriptive that I can imagine the
things happening, what the characters are doing, and saying, and look
at it like it's a movie in front of me. This book also contains a
separate story named Snap Shots of John Wayne. The snap shots give
you an idea of what is happening in California at different times.
These snap shots are usually located at the end of each chapter.
Reviewed
by Maggie S. Grade 7
