![]() She becomes the savior in a way of her friends and family.but her mother won't let her tell anyone else. When the blood runs out, Ruby discovers her own blood has the same saving power. He went away, leaving only vials of his blood. ![]() She doesn't remember Otto, but he is her father. He treats them cruelly and beats anyone who doesn't meet their quota. They told him the secret to their health was drinking water collected off flowers, and now they are forced to collect water and dew off flowers and trees all summer long. Unfortunately, slowly after moving onto this land, they were trapped on it by landowner, Darwin West. By drinking a drop of Otto's blood each week, they have managed to live for close to 200 years.their aging has slowed. ![]() They all believe in their god, Otto, whose blood has sustained them. Ruby lives in the woods with her mother and the rest of their congregants. ![]() The world outside the woods where Ruby lives seems to function normally. I would say instead, it's a kind of fantasy novel that explores what life would be like in a cloistered, cult like environment. I've seen Drought classified as dystopian, but that seems wrong to me. So I was really looking forward to Drought, her newest offering. ![]() I thought it was one of the more thought provoking YA dystopian novels I'd read, not settling to be merely sensationalized, it raised a series of thought provoking questions and had a bold ending. ![]()
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