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Dry - Introduction
When the California drought escalates to catastrophic proportions, one teen is forced to make life and death decisions for her family 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; neighbors 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.
Storyman. (n.d.) Dry. Retrieved from http://www.storyman.com/books/dry/
Neil Shusterman
Neal Shusterman. (2010, June 21). Storymancomp.mov. [Video]. Youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkoiVBzjcBQ
Neil Shusterman
Neal Shusterman is the New York Times best-selling author of over thirty novels for children, teens, and adults. He won the 2015 National Book Award for Young People’s Literature for Challenger Deep-and his novel, Scythe, was a 2017 Michael L. Printz Honor book-and is in development with Universal Studios as a feature film. His novel, Unwind, has become part of the literary canon in many school districts across the country-and has won more than thirty domestic and international awards. He co-wrote his most recent novel, Dry, with his son Jarrod, and in addition to being on numerous award lists, Dry is currently in development with Paramount Pictures. His upcoming novel, Game Changer, is in development with Netflix as a TV series, and he is co-writing the pilot episode.
Storyman. (n.d.) About Neal Shusterman. Retrieved from http://www.storyman.com/about/
Dry Trailer
Neal Shusterman. (2019, May 22). Dry Trailer. [Video]. Youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogTSCB5V0ME
Dry Read Aloud
The Crystal K Show. (2020, March 19). "Dry" A Read Aloud Chapter 1. [Video]. Youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGqbfQuENw0
Dry - Summary
gleamogirljoelle. (2019, Jan 30). Audiobook review with SPOILERS: Dry by Neal Shusterman. [Video]. Youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgU3A5MlkA4