![]() ![]() A group of teenage friends are forced to band together when chaos breaks out in their community, and what ensues is a frightening survival scenario. Stores of bottled water last only a matter of days, and the government can’t mobilize fast enough to provide water for its 23 million citizens. It was going to put out fires with the water it was holding, but it dumped it out instaid. ![]() The book begins when a California state sponsored deal for diverted water falls through and the water mains in Southern California run completely dry as a crippling drought hits. What was the airplane that saved the characters doing, and how did it save them. Written by National Book award winning bestselling author Neal Shusterman (whose Challenger Deep is set at Chernin and Scythe at Universal) and his son Jarrod, the novel revolves around a topical premise. Temple Hill’s Isaac Klausner and Marty Bowen will produce, along with Trevor Engelson. Six bidders chased this book and sources said the deal was worth six against seven figures, plus a six figure fee for the authors to write the script. It ended when Paramount Pictures acquired the rights to Dry, the thriller novel by Neal and Jarrod Shusterman. ![]() EXCLUSIVE: The dry spell for material ended today with the first multi-studio auction for a hot book this year. ![]()
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