01052nam a2200241u  4500001001100000003000700011005001700018007000300035008004100038020001500079020002600094040002400120082001400144100002300158245003900181260005000220300002800270520039100298521001700689650003400706650004900740655002100789515418448 OCoLC 20190501230105.0ta120321s2011    ilub   d      000 1 eng d  a1402243693  a9781402243691 (trade)  aICrlFcICrlFdICrlF04a[Fic]2221 aStracher, Cameron.14aThe water wars cCameron Stracher.  aNaperville, Ill. :bSourcebooks Fire,cc2011.  a240 p. :bmap ;c22 cm.  aVera and her brother Will, residents of the Republic of Illinowa in a future world in which water shortages have led to death, disease, and corruption, befriend Kai, a strange boy who treats water as if it were plentiful and claims to know of a secret river that could solve the world's problems, so they must decide whether to risk their lives to learn the truth when Kai goes missing.2 aYoung Adult. 0aFriendshipvJuvenile fiction. 0aAdventure and adventurersvJuvenile fiction. 0aScience fiction.