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If you haven’t read this book yet, you don’t know what you are missing. Â Not a Drop to Drink will run you through every single emotion you could possibly feel and I can’t even tell you all the feels you will have when you read it. Â Go check this one out – it sits on my favorites shelf and will for sure be getting a re-read from me this year.
Not a Drop to Drink by Mindy McGinnis
(Website, Twitter, Facebook, Goodreads)Also by this author: A Madness So Discreet, The Female of the Species, Given to the Sea
Published by Harper Collins on September 24th 2013
Genres: Action & Adventure, Survival Stories, Young Adult Fiction
Pages: 352 
Regret was for people with nothing to defend, people who had no water.
Lynn knows every threat to her pond: drought, a snowless winter, coyotes, and, most importantly, people looking for a drink. She makes sure anyone who comes near the pond leaves thirsty, or doesn't leave at all.
Confident in her own abilities, Lynn has no use for the world beyond the nearby fields and forest. Having a life means dedicating it to survival, and the constant work of gathering wood and water. Having a pond requires the fortitude to protect it, something Mother taught her well during their quiet hours on the rooftop, rifles in hand.
But wisps of smoke on the horizon mean one thing: strangers. The mysterious footprints by the pond, nighttime threats, and gunshots make it all too clear Lynn has exactly what they want, and they won’t stop until they get it….
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 than our own.
About Mindy McGinnis
Mindy McGinnis is a YA author who has worked in a high school library for thirteen years. Her debut, NOT A DROP TO DRINK, a post-apocalyptic survival story set in a world with very little freshwater, has been optioned for film my Stephanie Meyer's Fickle Fish Films. The companion novel, IN A HANDFUL OF DUST was released in 2014. Look for her Gothic historical thriller, A MADNESS SO DISCREET in October of 2015 from Katherine Tegen Books. Mindy is represented by Adriann Ranta of Wolf Literary.
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