In a Handful of Dust

This gritty and powerfulnovel about the strength in small steps and an epic journey to find home is acompanion to the highly praised Not a Drop to Drink.

The only thing bigger than the world isfear.

Lucy''s life by the pondhas always been full. She has water and friends, laughter and the love of heradoptive mother, Lynn, who has made sure that Lucy''s childhood was verydifferent from her own. Yet it seems Lucy''s future is settled already-a house,a man, children, and a water source-and anything beyond their life by the pondis beyond reach.

When disease burnsthrough their community, the once life-saving water of the pond might be thesource of what''s killing them now. Rumors of desalinization plants inCalifornia have lingered in Lynn''s mind, and the prospect of a "normal" lifefor Lucy sets the two of them on an epic journey west to face new dangers:hunger, mountains, deserts, betrayal, and the perils of a world so vast thatLucy fears she could be lost forever, only to disappear in a handful of dust.

In this companion to Nota Drop to Drink, Mindy McGinnis thrillingly combines the heart-swellinghope of a journey, the challenges of establishing your own place in the world,and the terrifying danger of nature in a futuristic frontier.