And it’s not just about having a shower, I mean when you go camping you don’t shower for days, BUT you usually can jump in a lake or splash water on your face. The entire time I was reading this I was thinking on one simple fact, how has Ruby survived, or really anyone survived, without showering this long. Her personality bring life and humor to a very serious situation. It is those realistic action of Ruby that makes me love this book so much. Throughout the book, Ruby find herself alone, and instead of making great choices on the path to safety, Ruby fumbles her way through life any other 15 year old girl world – completely with a shopping trip where she lootes all the clothes she could never afford before. Ruby is a normal 15 year old who makes some stupid life-threatening decisions and gets lucky. Ruby battles an unknown threat, but not like your typically dystopian heroine. I would rank this right up there with the Uglies series.

H2o is up there with my favorite books of all times. That is what Ruby has to face in H20 – deadly rain. Imagine how fast everyone would die without any warning. is all poison and just one drop will kill you. What if one day out of nowhere all the rain… and yes that includes the water from the sink, the water in the toilet, etc. Well, that is this book, except if you touch it, you will die. Sometimes you even got creative and took the couch cushions and pillows with you to get farther through the house. Remember the game we all played as children called “Hot Lava” where you jumped from couch to table to desk to avoid touching the ground aka “the lava”.

The Rain by Virginia Bergin