Thirst (Varsha Bajaj)

Summary: 

Minni lives in the poorest part of Mumbai, where access to water is limited to a few hours a day and communal taps have long lines.  Lately, though, even that access is threatened by severe water shortages and thieves who are stealing this precious commodity--an act that Minni accidentally witnesses one night.  Meanwhile, in the high-rise building where she just started to work, she discovers that the water streams out of every faucet and there's even a rooftop swimming pool.  What Minni also discovers there is one of the water mafia bosses.  Now she must decide whether to expose him and risk her job and maybe her life.  How did something as simple as access to water get so complicated?  (from amazon.com) 

Where can I find it?: Lower/Middle School library, Lithgow building

Tags: Fiction; Homeless persons; Juvenile works; Novels; Right to water; Social classes; Water security; Water-supply