When the California drought escalates to catastrophic proportions, one teen is forced to create life and death decisions on her behalf family with this harrowing story of survival from NY Times bestselling author Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman.

The drought—or the Tap-Out, as everyone calls it—has been going on for some time now. Everyone’s lives have become an endless list of don’ts: don’t drinking water the yard, don’t fill up your pool, don’t consider long showers.

Until the taps run dry.

All of a sudden, Alyssa’s quiet suburban street spirals right into a warzone of desperation; neighbours and families flipped against one another on the hunt for water. And when her parents don’t return and her life—and the life span of her sibling—is certainly threatened, Alyssa must make impossible options if she’s going to survive.