{"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 \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\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-16226541\"\u003eMatthew Eicheldinger\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Andrews McMeel Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/17\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.06lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798881605131\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-YAF\"\u003eYoung Adult Fiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-YAF015000\"\u003eDystopian\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-YAF\"\u003eYoung Adult Fiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-YAF001020\"\u003eAction \u0026amp; Adventure | Survival Stories\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-YAF\"\u003eYoung Adult Fiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-YAF003000\"\u003eScience Fiction | Apocalyptic \u0026amp; Post-Apocalyptic\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eUSA Today \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author \u003cb\u003eMatt Eicheldinger \u003c\/b\u003ewasn't always a writer. He spent most of his childhood playing soccer, reading comics, and trying his best to stay out of trouble. Matt lives in Bloomington, Minnesota with his wife and two children, and tries to create new adventures with them whenever possible. When he's not writing, you can find him telling students stories in the classroom or trail running along the Minnesota River Bottoms.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Andrews McMeel Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45541619892363,"sku":"9798881605131","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0626\/5100\/7115\/files\/img_2ea21b1f-6b3f-4840-b2d5-fa5b1c754769.jpg?v=1771606845","url":"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/products\/when-the-rain-came-volume-1-9798881605131","provider":"CA Corrections Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}