<p><b>When the California drought escalates to catastrophic proportions, one teen is forced to make life and death decisions in this harrowing story of survival from <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman.</b><br><br>The drought ¿ or the Tap-Out, as everyone calls it ¿ has been going on for a while now. Everyone¿s lives have become an endless list of don¿ts: don¿t water the lawn, don¿t fill up your pool, don¿t take long showers.<br><br>Until the taps run dry.<br><br>Suddenly, Alyssa¿s quiet suburban street spirals into a warzone of desperation; neighbours and families turned against each other on the hunt for water. And when her parents don¿t return and her life ¿ and the life of her brother ¿ is threatened, Alyssa has to make impossible choices if she¿s going to survive.</p>