Water Water Everywhere and not a drop to drink...

One of my favorite Seinfeld lines is "these pretzels are making me thirsty". Well, this book was making me thirsty. Imagine a world where water is scarce and controlled by the government. Where even the food is synthetic and you have to take dry showers. Where the United States is no longer united. That is the setting for Cameron Stracher's Water Wars. Brother and sister Will and Vera live in this desolate landscape with their parents. Their mom is sick, as are most people because of the lack of fresh water. Canada has dammed up any water that used to flow into the U.S. and Niagra Falls is now just an empty cavern where orphans are forced to work to look for water. One day on the way to school, Vera sees a mysterious boy drinking a cup of water, and he lets a few drops hit the ground. This is a violation of the law and when Vera calls him on it, he just kind of smiles. This is Kai, and he is a diviner. He can divine where water is under the ground. This makes him an invaluable commodity to the governments of all the territories. Will and Vera become his friends and when he mysteriously disappears, they set off to save him. On the way, they are kidnapped (or rescued) by pirates, led by the larger than life Ulysses. Then they are taken by PELA, an environmental group with not so benevolent intentions. As they go on their search for Kai, they encounter a load of obstacles and meet some interesting characters. This was a good read, I enjoyed the characters, but won't be one of my top ten of anything. So, reports are all graded (yay), shopping is done and a NoDids lunch is in the immediate future. I wonder what we will read next... hopefully someone has an idea. As for me, I am reading Beautiful Chaos, book three in Ethan and Lena's tale. Love this series and I'm glad it's only day 2 of vacation. Lots of time to read, mixed in with a trip to see Breaking Dawn. Hope all your Thanksgiving plans are pleasant. Happy Reading my friends.