When The Storm Comes

《When the Storm Comes》是英國作家Polly Ho-Yen於2025年出版的一本科幻冒險兒童小說，適合9歲以上兒童閱讀。

書中描述四個孩子—Mali（全名Amaryllis）、Jonesy、Fara和Petey，在一次氣候引發的暴風雨中被困在學校圖書館裡。他們原本彼此不熟，甚至有衝突和誤解，但當暴風雨愈演愈烈，洪水逐漸淹沒學校且電力中斷，圖書館的自動門也無法開啟，四人和他們的孕婦老師被困住了。故事描寫他們如何在困境中求生，努力合作尋找逃生路徑，面對氣候變化帶來的危機以及各自內心的掙扎與成長。

主角Mali因為失去朋友和校園霸凌而封閉自己，但在危機中他逐步打開心結，與其他孩子建立信任和友誼。故事除了展現緊張刺激的逃生過程，也蘊含氣候危機的議題與青少年自我認同的探討，非常適合讓兒童理解環境變遷的嚴峻與團隊合作的重要性。

這本書被評為動人且富啟發性，適合用作刺激兒童對氣候變遷議題的關注，也是一部令人屏息以待的冒險故事

The storm had been brewing for weeks.

When I look back and remember those days of dripping rain, the thick grey cloud blanketing the sky, the rolling thunder, I wonder how we didn't see it coming. We didn't realise it was building into something.

Back then, we just thought it was stormy weather. We had no idea what lay ahead.

We couldn't ever have imagined how it would engulf us.

Mali, Jonesey, Fara and Petey are reluctantly gathered in the library. They're not friends and they each have reasons they don't want to be there. As the rain starts, they do not bond as a group. Mali does not engage, Jonesy takes offence, Petey ridicules the others, Fara is silent, and their teacher Ms Devine is distracted. Outside, the bad weather steadily worsens. Soon they are trapped in the school, and pulling together may be the only way out when the storm begins.