Read by Laura Knight Keating

From Jennifer Mathieu, the acclaimed author of Moxie - now a Netflix film - and Bad Girls Never Say Die, comesa bold novel about two young activists who find love and themselves as they tackle the threat of climate change.After Eliza's home in Houston is destroyed by Hurricane Harvey, she is forced to transfer to Southwest HighSchool. Traumatized by the floods and anxious in her new surroundings, Eliza throws herself into environmentalactivism, even if it's against the wishes of her Big Oil dad.But when she meets Javi - a boy who has experiencedclimate-related trauma of his own - she's finally able to connect with someone over the devastating mentaleffects of ecological disaster. Filled with nuanced themes of mental health, classism, and eco-anxiety, DownCame the Rain is a riveting and moving tale of friendship, first love, and what it means to grow up in anever-changing world

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