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Rayah AndThe Day The City Went Quiet
Paperback
Series: Veveverse
Publisher: Raymond Sutherland
Published: Dec 24 2025
Pages: 48
Weight: 0.17
Height: 0.12 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
When the power goes out across Manchester, nothing explodes. Nothing breaks.
Instead, the city goes quiet.
In the sudden stillness, Rayah notices what others miss. Fear creeps in when people feel alone, and it fades when someone chooses to stay.
As phones die and routines vanish, Rayah and her friends move through the city helping in small, human ways. They walk a lost boy home, sit beside a frightened parent, and remind strangers that they are not on their own. No superpowers. No villains. Just presence, patience, and care.
Rayah and the Day the City Went Quiet is a gentle, powerful story about community, calm, and courage without conflict. Written with clarity and restraint, it invites young readers to slow down, notice one another, and understand that kindness does not have to be loud to matter.
This is a book that helps children learn how to stay steady when the world feels uncertain, and reminds adults what that looks like too.
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