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Launch Event “When the Rain Came”

Published: March 15, 2026; Aithor: Julia Sonrisa

When: March 20, 2026
Where: Books of Wonder

Address: 42 West 17th Street, New York, NY 10011, United States

Phone: +1 212-989-3270

New York Times bestselling author Matt Eichledinger is joining us for the launch of his thrilling new YA novel: When the Rain Came.

Life in the foster system has taught Seventeen-year-old Aurora how to stay quiet, stay smart, and stay ready. But nothing could prepare her for this: a never-ending storm that swallows cities, drowns forests, and turns the world into a flooded wasteland. Trapped 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.

All Aurora has is a waterlogged scrap of paper and a name: “The Hill.” With looters closing in and the floodwaters rising higher each day, she must risk everything on a journey through the drowned remains of the world to find a place that may or may not exist.

It’s thrilling, atmospheric, and chock-full of mystery. Come celebrate its release with us!

Time: 6:00 pm EST

Free!

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