This story is a dystopian novel about Lynn and her mother. Water is scarce and having safe drinking water is a necessity and a valuable resource. I really enjoyed this story and didn't see a lot of things come even though there were somethings that I did see coming. 
 (view spoiler)[ Lynn is a 16-year old girl who lives with her mother and the two try to protect their pond from animals, and other humans who want the water for themselves. They are located near a man named Stebbs who lives in a shed. Early in the novel, an accident occurs where Lynn shoots her mother and the coyotes get her mother. Then we learn about a group that has been hanging out near a stream pretty close to where Lynn is where a mother named Neva is about to give birth to her a boy. Neva is with Eli and Lucy. Eli is the love interest for the story and Lucy is kind of like Lynn's adopted daughter/little sister. Lynn takes care of Lucy while Neva and Eli deal with the fall out of losing the baby boy. Eli's brother was the father of Neva's brother. 
 I really enjoyed this story because I haven't read anything like it and hearing about fighting over water just seems kind of foreshadowing of what could possibly happen in the future with fighting over water. I really didn't see the part coming about her father being the leader of the group to the south and there is so much like subtle sex context contained in this story. I was sad when Eli died and when Lynn had to shoot him that was just horrible. (hide spoiler)] 
 Good story highly recommend for dystopian genre.