For the Greatest Good

Moral victories don't solve public health crises. Money does.

After years of poor water quality, Gavin fears his town, Pondville, is one burst pipe away from losing access to safe drinking water forever.

Demoralized, Gavin and his best friend MacKenzie turn to his estranged father, a board member of the infamous water company CrispFlow. CrispFlow is known for giving out grants to improve public facilities, but they've also been buying and privatizing cities' failing water systems, often leaving those towns' situations worse than they found them. Gavin wouldn't trust CrispFlow to privatize their water, but with his father on the board and Gavin and Mack interning at town hall, he might just be able to walk away with the grant money instead. Gavin's dad agrees to rig the grant process if Gavin and MacKenzie sabotage the competition to help Crisp-Flow win an infrastructure bid. It's not above board, but everybody wins, as long as no one gets caught . . .

Author: Blair Hanson
Publisher: Page Street YA
Published: 06/30/2026
Pages: 384
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.80w x 1.50d
ISBN: 9798890034908
Audience: Young Adult


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 03/30/2026
School Library Journal 05/01/2026 pg. 80
Kirkus Reviews 05/15/2026

About the Author
Blair Hanson is the author of America's Not-So-Sweetheart. In his free time, Blair enjoys falling down Wikipedia wormholes and cuddling with the world's most adorable (and neediest) cats. He's from the East Coast.