Thirsty Animals: Compelling and original - the book you can't put down

The world is running out of water, and Aida is forced back home to live with her mum on their rural Scottish farm. When suspicious strangers arrive asking for help, Aida and her family face a terrible decision: how much water can they afford to share? Thirsty Animals is a captivating journey of survival and self-discovery, written by Atalla and published by Bloomsbury.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 368 pages
Publication date: 09 November 2023
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton

Brilliant, profoundly unsettling, the Daily Mail's "WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE WATER RUNS OUT?" explores the world's impending water crisis. With supply in cities drying up, Aida is forced back home to live with her mum on their rural Scottish farm. The border is closed, tensions are close to breaking point, and Aida and her mother have just enough to get by.

But then suspicious strangers arrive, asking for help. Aida and her family face a terrible decision: how much water can they afford to share?

And then, the taps are turned off. Can they survive long enough for the rain to come?

Thirsty Animals is a completely compelling, devastating, and thought-provoking journey of survival and self-discovery. Beautifully written, vivid, and unflinching, it confirms Atalla as a real talent. Doug Johnstone praises Atalla's mastery of slow-burning tension and unease, and the pace of the story builds to an unputdownable conclusion, with characters that will stay with the reader for a long time.

CAILEAN STEED also praises Atalla's writing, describing it as "beautiful, vivid, and unflinching." The story is a captivating journey of survival and self-discovery, and Atalla's talent is evident in the vivid and unflinching portrayal of the characters.

Weight: 260g
Dimension: 129 x 199 x 26 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781529342185