"Ruth Ardingly has just been released from prison to serve out a sentence of house arrest for arson and suspected murder at her farm, The Well. Beyond its borders, some people whisper she is a witch; others a messiah. For as soon as Ruth returns to The Well, rain begins to fall on the farm. And it has not rained anywhere else in the country in over three years"--Amazon.com.

"Grüdj, abandoned as an infant and believed dead, was rescued from his grave by some Plains Indians, who raised him as one of The People. As a youth, he is banished from the tribe when he interrupts a sacred ceremony and must find his own way in the world"--

"Meanwhile, in the high-rise building where she's begun working as a maid, she discovers that water streams out of every faucet and there’s even a rooftop swimming pool. There, she also finds herself serving a girl her own age -- a girl who has the luxury to focus on her studies, something Minni is finding harder to do with all her responsibilities. It's a lot to handle. Then one day, Minni encounters the water mafia boss and faces her biggest dilemma...

"In a tiny village in Italy, the self-appointed mayor (and vacuum cleaner repairman) Signor Speranza will do anything he can to save his beloved town. When he learns that the water is going to be cut off in sixty days unless he can come up with some quick cash, he tries to boost tourism by spreading a harmless rumor that major movie star Dante Rinaldi is planning to film a movie in the village. The plan works a little too well, and soon everyone wants...

"The story of one young girl's quest to bring clean drinking water to her African village"--