Rain, Rain go Away

A book presentation

Rain, RAIN GO AWAY

Author's name:

Nicola Prentis is a writer and former English teacher with a degree in philosophy. She writes short stories for language students for publishing houses such as Black Cat. Teaching has taken her to Spain, Thailand, Qatar, Japan, the Czech Republic, Turkey, Germany and Australia.

• Nicola Prentis writer of Rain, Rain go Away

The name of the text refers to a popular nursery rhyme that young children sing it hoping to make the rain go away. “Rain Rain go away, Come again on another day.”

In a dystopian future where water is controlled by the Keepers, thirst is part of everyday life. Kailani ventures into the desert, to the mysterious The Edge, to find the water her sick little brother needs.

The plot:

The places:

There are various places such as “The Edge” the border that no citizens are allowed to cross for security reasons. There the acid rain is more frequent. Next to the border there is a desert that Kailani has to cross. An another place is the Keepers' factory where citizens have to work to get a ration of hydration pellets.

The narrator is external

The narrator:

Kailani

Is the protagonist and the one who carries out the adventure

Dylan

Is the younger brother of kailani, he is very ill

Keeper

Keepers are the city governors and those who manage the available water. They are the antagonists.

Murray

Is an inhabitant of the "Edge". Is the main character's helper

CHARACTERS

During the story, Kailani's character grows a lot. Previously she was afraid of the Keepers, submitting to their rules. In the second part of the story, instead, she is determined to cross the border to find the cure for Dylan. Crossing it was forbidden and Kailani knew that, if they saw her they would arrest her or worse, but she didn't care. This shows how the character matured in the story.

Introduction

In the first part of the book explains how in the dystopian future there is no drinking water. When it rains they have to take shelter in underground bunkers because the rain is acidic and if they touched it they could get burned. Kailani the main character has to look after her brother who is very sick from dehydration. Keepers distribute water through hydration pellets. Kailani needs many hydration pellets to get Dylan well, but the Keepers give equal rations of pellets to each citizen. So she decides to cross the desert to "The Edge" where there are said to be waterfalls, rivers, lakes and vegetation. If she finds land Dylan will live otherwise he would be dead when she returns.

• Kailani waiting for Hydration pellets

• The Keepers factory

Development

• Kailani crossing the desert

• Murray shows Kailani where keepers clean water

The story continues with Kailani's journey through the desert. After days of walking she sees the first type of vegetation, a bush, something she had never seen because no vegetation grew in the city due to acid rain, so she realizes that she is close to the legendary land. Once she arrives she cannot believe her eyes, she had never seen all that water in her life. Exhausted by the desert heat, she decides to take a bath in a lake when she meets a strange boy who lives on a tree, Murray. He shows Kailani the factory where the keepers create the hydration pellets, explaining to her that they can control the clouds and direct them into the factory, but the rain is not dangerous, they only lied to be rich by making citizens work in their factory and have the control of the city.

Kailani decides to return to the city and tell the citizens to rebel with her for independence from the keepers. The rain is not dangerous, and she would prove it to others, but how? As soon as she returns home she reaches Dylan and gives him the water she had taken at the border. After she leaves the house and runs to the square where people are lining up for pellets and in front of them she reveals everything she has discovered. No one believed her. The keepers listening to Kailani moved the clouds over the city, the sirens sounded so everyone runs for cover. She knew the rain was not dangerous so she stayed in the middle of the square so that everyone could see her. the clouds get close. It began to rain. Everyone looked at her scared and immediately celebrated happy, the rain was not dangerous

The end of the Story

• Kailani demonstrating against the keepers

• Everyone celebrates in the rain

Thankyou!

By Giorgia Romano