Series: Not a Drop to Drink (bk. 2)
Genera(s): Dystopian Sci-fi
Subjects: survival, adventure, travel, action,
post-apocalyptic
Setting: Traveling from Ohio to California. Many
states. Set 10 years after the previous book occurred.
POV/Tense: 3rd person POV, past tense:
Lucy, at age 16
Age/Grade Level: Teen
Length: 371 pgs.
HC/PB: Hardcover
List Price: $17.99
Publisher: HarperTeen: Katherine Tegen
Summary/ product description: “The only thing bigger than
the world is fear.
Lucy’s
life by the pond has always been full. She has water and friends, laughter and
the love of her adoptive mother, Lynn, who has made sure that Lucy’s childhood
was very different from her own. Yet it seems Lucy’s future is settled
already—a house, a man, children, and a water source—and anything beyond their
life by the pond is beyond reach.
When
disease burns through their community, the once life-saving water of the pond
might be the source of what’s killing them now. Rumors of desalinization plants
in California have lingered in Lynn’s mind, and the prospect of a “normal” life
for Lucy sets the two of them on an epic journey west to face new dangers:
hunger, mountains, deserts, betrayal, and the perils of a world so vast that
Lucy fears she could be lost forever, only to disappear in a handful of dust.
In this
companion to Not a Drop to Drink, Mindy McGinnis thrillingly combines the
heart-swelling hope of a journey, the challenges of establishing your own place
in the world, and the gripping physical danger of nature in a futuristic
frontier”
My Review: An
amazing companion novel/sequel, In a Handful of Dust might even be better than
the first book Not a Drop to Drink. This is a survival adventure though a
post-apocalyptic world in which water is hard to find. Even though it’s
technically a companion novel, I’d suggest reading Not a Drop to drink to hear
Lynn’s survival story.
I didn’t mind the 3rd person or dislike any
of the characters. It’s purely gripping dystopian survival. The plot is mainly
the physical journey and Lucy’s own personal journey of becoming a woman. The
first book was set solely in Ohio, but this book takes us from there all the
way to California. I love books with travel and adventure. Especially when they
travel to real places. Lynn and Lucy start in Ohio, then go through Indiana,
Illinois (where I live), across the Mississippi into Iowa…and so on.
She has Lynn for support. Lynn, who’s now 26 or 27,
still has her rifle and has great aim with it. Lynn is tough, and Lucy’s more
emotional and hopeful. Lynn talks like a country person and Lucy talks more
like she grew up in a town, which she did. Lynn seems more like a cowgirl. In
the first book she didn’t do much traveling, but she does have survival
expertise.
There’s no romance in this book. Lucy and Carter liked
each other, but he’s only in the beginning of the book. This book focuses on a
different kind of relationship. A Mother/Daughter or Mentor/Apprentice kind of
relationship, but it’s more like Guardian/Adopter Daughter.
If you have not read these books and like YA
dystopian, then you should read them. If you enjoyed: Ashfall, Rot & Ruin,
Matched, Under The Never Sky, In The After, or any other YA books with survival
and adventure, then give this series a chance.
Cover Art Review: Love the colors, which are the same
as the 1st book’s cover. A very epic landscape with the characters
traveling. And a big title.
Infographic from Epic Reads:
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