The protagonist in Dry by Neal and Jarrod Shusterman is sixteen-year-old Alyssa. Alyssa is living in a world in which a severe drought causes there to be no water left in all of Southern California. After all the shelves of every store have been completely emptied of water and drinkable fluids, Alyssa's parents set out to try to find more water. Her parents never return, leaving Alyssa and her ten-year-old brother to fend for themselves. Alyssa decides to take her brother and embark on a journey to look for her parents. The story follows Alyssa's struggle to survive and to care for her brother, and chronicles the struggles that ensue as they traverse a deadly and unforgiving landscape.
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