“The Water Catchment: Fast Forward to the Past”

2012 Dietrich, Josepha. “The Water Catchment: Fast Forward to the Past.” Thesis. Queensland University of Technology.

Young adult dystopia plus exegesis. From the author’s abstract. “The genre in which the protagonist's journey is charted and represented is dystopian young adult fiction; hence my creative piece, The Water Catchment, is a novel manuscript for a dystopian young adult fantasy. It is a speculative novel set in a possible future and poses (and answers) the question: What might happen if water becomes the most powerful commodity on earth? There are two communities, called ‘worlds’ to create a barrier and difference where physical ones are not in evidence. A battle ensues over unfair conditions and access to water. In the end the protagonist, Caitlyn, takes over leadership heralding a new era of co-operation and water management between the two worlds.” Australian female author.