Summary Of Not A Drop To Drink By Mindy Ginnis

The earth is running out of water. People are now willing to kill for water. One target being Lynn’s pond. In the science fiction novel, Not A Drop to Drink by Mindy McGinnis. People have to either move to the city and pay for water, or they have to move to the countryside, and try to survive. This novel is extremely well written, and entertaining.

Lynn lives with her mother in the countryside. They have a house and a pond. Lynn was nine years old the first time she killed to defend her pond. Now she is sixteen. One day, Lynn is covering her mother with her rifle, when out of nowhere, a giant coyote attacks her mom. Within minutes, her mom is dead. Now Lynn has two choices. Survive alone for the rest of her life, or learn to live with other people. Something she had been taught never to do. One thing the author does to keep the reader entertained, is to give the reader a good understanding of what the main character is thinking. After the mother dies, book slows down and becomes a lot more serious. The author narrates, “Fear drove her from her tomb of the basement. A nightmare, rampant with images of men filing out of …show more content…
For example, the main character Lynn starts out as a cold killer, who shoots and then thinks. As she meets new people, she becomes more accepting, and thoughtful towards about others. One day, there is a strange man walking towards Lynn’s house. Lynn is about to shoot him, but a little girl named Lucy, who is staying with Lynn, forces Lynn not to shoot him until Lynn finds out what the man wants. Lucy says, “I’m not letting you shoot him until you know he’s a bad man.” Lynn decides to talk to the man first. In the end, Lynn ended up sparing an innocent life. She opens her eyes from survival, to more of a normal life with others. The author writes the book in third person, but still manages to create the feeling that makes you feel close to the