Rain Reign
Readers rate it 3.9 (24 on Hardcover)
226 pages · Released 2015 · Feiwel and Friends
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Rain Reign is a thoughtful middle-grade novel centered on a neurodivergent protagonist navigating grief, responsibility, and growth. The story handles autism authentically and emphasizes empathy, courage, and acceptance of differences. A natural disaster (flooding) and the emotional weight of a missing pet are the most mature elements, but the book ultimately conveys resilience and hope.
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Rose Howard is obsessed with homonyms. She's thrilled that her own name is a homonym, and she purposely gave her dog Rain a name with two homonyms (Reign, Rein), which, according to Rose's rules of homonyms, is very special. Not everyone understands Rose's obsessions, her rules, and the other things that make her diffe... Rose Howard is obsessed with homonyms. She's thrilled that her own name is a homonym, and she purposely gave her dog Rain a name with two homonyms (Reign, Rein), which, according to Rose's rules of homonyms, is very special. Not everyone understands Rose's obsessions, her rules, and the other things that make her different – not her teachers, not other kids, and not her single father. When a storm hits their rural town, rivers overflow, the roads are flooded, and Rain goes missing. Rose's father shouldn't have let Rain out. Now Rose has to find her dog, even if it means leaving her routines and safe places to search.
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- Asperger's syndrome
- Lost and found possessions
- Lost articles
- Juvenile fiction
- Autismo en niños
- Fiction
- Dogs
- Ficción juvenil
- Objetos perdidos
- Spanish language materials
- Perros
- Children's fiction
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ISBN 9780312643003 · Feiwel and Friends