The author goes into great detail about the amount of work that goes into the simple business of keeping alive. She can either live like her mother or learn that there is more to life than just surviving.
Lynn has been taught not to trust anyone, but when a clueless family from the city sets up downstream she has to make the decision to help them or let them die. After losing her mother suddenly, Lynn is left alone to face the dangers of the only world she has ever known. Life is dangerous the two women are surrounded by threats of drought, coyotes, starvation, dysentery, hard winters and from other human beings who want what they have.
They live isolated protecting their only source of water, a small pond. Lynn lives with her mother in the countryside far from the problems in the cities. Despite its well-trodden subject matter, McGinnis brings a fresh perspective, choosing to focus on a small set of characters in a rural setting. It is the first in a series taking place in a dystopian setting where clean water is scarce and large companies strictly regulate it as a resource in the cities. Not A Drop to Drink is a Young Adult Science Fiction novel by Mindy McGinnis. With evocative, spare language and incredible drama, danger, and romance, debut author Mindy McGinnis depicts one girl's journey in a barren world not so different from our own.Genre: Young Adult, Science Fiction, Dystopian The mysterious footprints by the pond, the nighttime threats, and the gunshots make it all too clear that Lynn has exactly what they want, and they won't stop until they get it. And, having a pond requires the fortitude to protect it, something Mother taught her well during their quiet hours on the rooftop, rifles in hand.īut wisps of smoke on the horizon mean one thing: strangers. Having a life means dedicating it to survival and the constant work of gathering wood and water. She makes sure anyone who comes near the pond leaves thirsty or doesn't leave at all.Ĭonfident in her own abilities, Lynn has no use for the world beyond the nearby fields and forest. Lynn knows every threat to her pond: drought, a snowless winter, coyotes, and, most important, people looking for a drink. Regret was for people with nothing to defend, people who had no water.
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