num_pages: 240
description:  Welcome to a future where water is more precious than gold or oiland worth killing forVera and her brother Will live in the shadow of the Great Panic in a country that has collapsed from environmental catastrophe. Water is hoarded by governments rivers are dammed and clouds are sucked from the sky. But then Vera befriends Kai who seems to have limitless access to fresh water. When Kai suddenly disappears Vera and Will set off on a dangerous journey in search of him-pursued by pirates a paramilitary group and greedy corporations. Timely and eerily familiar acclaimed author Cameron Stracher makes a stunning YA debut that's impossible to forget.
language: English
title: The Water Wars
publisher: Sourcebooks Fire