Juice (2024) by Australian writer Tim Winton is a dystopian climate novel set in a future Australia ravaged by extreme heat & where outdoor living is nearly impossible.

The novel follows an unnamed man, the narrator, who travels with a silent girl as they pass through desolate landscapes searching for a safe place.

The young girl travelling with the narrator is not his biological daughter but rather is a child he picks up on the road and takes under his protection. She acts as his ward (he does have a daughter Esther but she is not with him) and represents both a burden & a glimmer of hope for the future.