Review: Aquifer by Jonathan Friesen
Aquifer
Jonathan Friesen
Blink YA
Published August 6, 2013
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Fifteen year-old Luca has grown up with a heavy burden of responsibility on his shoulders. In a world plagued by drought, only his father has the knowledge and ability to journey deep underground and negotiate with the fearsome people known as water rats for another year’s supply of water to be pumped up to earth’s surface. Luca painstakingly memorizes his father’s instructions to navigate the caves below, for one day it will fall to him to make that lonely, life-preserving journey as the Deliverer.
Life on the earth’s surface is carefully monitored and controlled by the Council of Nine and their representatives, called … Continue reading
