![]() "Fast-paced, believable, funny, and poignant. Schmidt, Newbery Honor Award-winning author of The Wednesday Wars You'll turn the pages and be surprised again and again."-Gary D. ![]() "A suspense thriller, survival story, and a story of the love between brothers. Esplin comes this story of survival and determination as two young brothers confront the unpredictability of human nature in the face of desperate circumstances. Along the way, they're forced to question their dad's insistence on self-reliance and ask just what it is that we owe to our neighbors, to our kin, and to ourselves. ![]() But when they are robbed of all their supplies during a massive blackout while their dad is out of town, John and Stew must walk 96 miles in the stark desert sun to get help. Their dad, a hardcore believer in self-reliance, has stockpiled enough food and water at their isolated Nevada home to last for months. The Lockwood brothers are supposed to be able to survive anything. About the Book During a massive blackout in rural Nevada, two brothers struggle to survive without their self-reliance-obsessed dad and without enough water cross the desert for help.ΔΆ1 days without power. ![]()
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