For reasons that are not clear until well past the halfway point of the book, they have to make the trip in three days, and even John and Stew’s survivalist training may not be enough to get all four of them safely to their destination. Stew convinces a reluctant John to let them come along, and the four of them start out. Another pair of siblings, Cleverly and Will, who are also trying to stay alive, find them in the bathroom. Now they’re stocking up on toilet water to make a 96-mile hike through the Nevada desert to the one place they know of that might save them. When some unsavory neighbors learned the boys were on their own, their food and water supplies were stolen one night. Dad is a bit of a survivalist, but unfortunately his reputation was well-known. Their father is away on a business trip, and the power grid over much of the U.S. Summary: “Dad always said if things get desperate, it’s okay to drink the water in the toilet bowl.” When we meet John and his younger brother Stew, they are indeed scooping water out of a toilet things have obviously gotten desperate.
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