The umbrella maker's son - katrina leno

From a critically acclaimed author comes a fantastical middle grade novel about a boy determined to prove theres more than just the weather behind his rainy town.

Oscar Buckle lives in a city where its always raining.

And when it isnt raining, its about to rain, so the townspeople have learned to embrace it.

Oscars father is an umbrella maker--appropriate for a place where you cant leave home without one!--but while Buckle Umbrellas are strong, reliable, and high quality, theyre expensive .

Because of this, people are buying from the competitor instead, which is threatening Oscars familys business.

To make ends meet, Oscar is forced to quit school and work in his fathers shop as an apprentice.

But when extraordinary events start to occur in their rainy town, Oscar becomes suspicious of their competitor.

Desperate to save his town, Oscar must enlist the help of his best friend, Saige, to discover if theres more than nature involved in their citys weather.