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May 10, 2017PimaLib_SamR rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
This teen novel initially caught my eye on two levels. First, the title derives from a line of one of my favorite poems: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Coleridge. Second, the cover has a pond in the foreground with a lone farmhouse behind it, an ominous sky above and barren land all around. I couldn’t help but take a peek inside where the opening line both intrigued me and horrified me. Living where water is a precious resource, I was easily drawn into the post-apocalyptic world of Lynn who has known no other, where water is worth fighting over and everything is scarce-food, gasoline, batteries, medicine, clothes, you name it. Lynn’s mother raised her alone, taught her to survive and to trust no one. But when her mother dies, she is forced to reach out to her only “known” neighbor, which ultimately results in emotional growth.