{"product_id":"when-the-rain-came-volume-1-9798881605131","title":"When the Rain Came: Volume 1","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe rain never stops. The world is drowning. Survival is everything. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhen the Rain Came\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e is the first YA book in an all-new, action-packed dystopian adventure series by \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ebestselling author Matt Eicheldinger.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"If we stay here, if we keep wandering without a real plan, we won't last. Maybe The Hill is dangerous. But maybe it's not. It's the only plan we have.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSeventeen-year-old Aurora knows how to survive. Life in the foster system has taught her how to stay quiet, stay smart, and stay ready. But nothing could prepare her for \u003ci\u003ethis\u003c\/i\u003e: a never-ending storm that swallows cities, drowns forests, and turns the world into a flooded wasteland. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTrapped in a collapsing house with her strict prepper foster parents, Aurora is forced to live by their rules just to stay alive. Until the day they disappear without a trace. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlone\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003cb\u003eAbandoned\u003c\/b\u003e. And\u003cb\u003e running out of time\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAll Aurora has is a waterlogged scrap of paper and a name: \"The Hill.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith looters closing in and the floodwaters rising higher each day, she's left with \u003cb\u003eone impossible choice\u003c\/b\u003e--stay and wait for the storm to take her, or risk everything on a journey through the drowned remains of the world, to a find a place that may or not exist. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt's forward or nothing. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith echoes of \u003ci\u003eLife As We Knew It\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Last of Us\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eHatchet\u003c\/i\u003e, Aurora's story is a \u003cb\u003egripping, emotionally resonant survival story\u003c\/b\u003e about \u003cb\u003eresilience, found family\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003eone girl's fight to reclaim her future in a drowning world.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Andrews McMeel Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/17\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798881605131\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.06lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.70d","brand":"Matthew Eicheldinger","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52181353431221,"sku":"9798881605131","price":12.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_008d6ac4-62cb-4414-a3fc-77e08e8a4fc4.jpg?v=1768922826","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/when-the-rain-came-volume-1-9798881605131","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}