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 New York Times bestselling author Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman. 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. Until the taps run dry. 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.