96 miles
(Book)

"A Tom Doherty Associates 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.

Dad always said if things get desperate, its okay to drink the water in the toilet. I never thought it would come to that. I thought Id sooner die than let one drop of toilet water touch my lips. Yet here I am, kneeling before a porcelain throne, holding a tin mug for scooping in one hand, and my half-gallon canteen in the other. The Lockwood brothers are supposed to be able to survive anything. Their dad, a hardcore believer in self-reliance, has stockpiled enough food and water at their isolated Nevada home to last for months. 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. Along the way, theyre forced to question their dads insistence on self-reliance and ask just what it is that we owe to our neighbors, our kin, and to ourselves.

760L,Lexile

Accelerated Reader AR,MG,5.2,11,508763.