The Day the World Drowned Spring 2027

For fans of John Green and Jandy Nelson, a heart-wrenching, hilarious, and surreal YA debut about grief, love, and life.

Jackson Dekken is the only person who can save the world from rapidly rising waters—but only if he can stop drowning in his own cycle of grief.

Seventeen-year-old Jackson’s town is about to be swallowed by Lake Michigan. But honestly, Jackson could care less about the rapidly rising sea levels. Ever since his father’s unexpected death at the hands of his missing classmate Edward Malcom, nothing seems to matter.

But then Edward reappears, claiming he knows how to save the world from drowning. And Jackson finds he has no choice but to help—because Edward might also have found a way to bring Jackson’s dad back from the dead.

Heart-wrenching, hilarious, and redemptive, The Day the World Drowned takes readers on a surreal journey through the apocalypse of grief, showing there is life on the other side.