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Rain Reign

Ann M. Martin

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Sep 11, 2017 Astrid Lim rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: dysfunctional-family, children, special-needs, animals, lovely-heroine, contemporary, middle-grade

I love this book!!!! It's warm and heartbreaking at the same time. You can't help but rooting for the main character, Rose, an Asperger-diagnosed girl who lives with her depressed father and has an uncle and a dog who love her genuinely. But when a tragedy happens to her dog, Rain, during a hurricane - things are getting a bit out of control for Rose.

Ann M Martin, as always, can portray her character in the most relatable way, just as she's done in her other books. The ending is very bittersweet ...more

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Apr 25, 2015 Amy rated it it was amazing

Beautifully written story of a "highly-functioning" 5th grade autistic girl and her dog. Explores the challenges she faces at school and at home. ...more

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Jul 17, 2014 Jean-Marie rated it it was amazing

Shelves: realistic-fiction, middle-grade

A couple of thoughts:
**At the end of the read aloud my 11-year-old asked, "That's it?" I think we both became so attached to Rose and her story we wanted to hear more. Surely we wanted to know what happened at her next visit to Happy Tails. :-)

**This is a quick, but emotionally charged read with so many sweet, sad and scary moments. We loved Rose, Weldon, Rain and Parvani. Rose's dad terrified us.

Two thumbs up for this middle grade book!

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