Review Of Mindy Mcginnis's Not A Drop To Drink

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The Title of my book is Not a Drop to Drink by Mindy McGinnis. The book takes place in an environment where water is worth more than anything to humans because there is very little water around there. A girl named Lynn and her mom have a house in the middle of nowhere and they have a pond with water, so there job is to defend the pond from other humans. Lynn’s days consist of gathering wood, purifying water, and keeping watch over the pond from her roof top with her mom and their rifles. People around there are not to be trusted since resources in the environment is substantial to live around there, especially water. One warning shot is provided to people that get to close and then if Lynn and her mom feel threatened, then they kill. Suddenly,

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