A sudden storm appears above an isolated farmhouse in rural Illinois, bringing with it a relentless and unnatural rain. A rain that eats away at everything it touches. A rain that turns people into monsters.
Trapped inside his crumbling home, a father must do everything he can to keep his family from falling apart. But the rain calls to them, and not everyone wants to stay inside.
Haunted by memories of loss, he must put aside his painful past and find a way to keep them all safe. But the rain shows no signs of stopping, and time is running out.
I would say this book is just "ok". I thought the story would touch more on the monster part, but instead focused more on the rain. Early in the story the main character, Scott, gets a splinter in his hand and every time he needs to focus we hear about the pain of his splinter. It gets old. I also didn't understand when, in the first bit of the book, Scott has his suspicions about the storm; how it's not like a normal storm. Common sense would be to tell your family of your suspicions, but does he do that? Noooooo. When they want to go outside he just tells them they can't without explaining. Very frustrating. The end was odd as well. If this book were well trimmed down it could be the beginning of a great story, but as it is I was left with more questions than answers.
Walter Was Worried, by Laura Vaccaro Seeger, 40 pages