Rain Reign

Author: Ann M. Martin

Genre: Realistic Fiction

What this book is about: Rose (Rows) is a girl with Asperger's syndrome who loves homonyms/homophones and rules. Her mother is gone, and her companions are her father, her Uncle Weldon, and her dog, Rain (Reign). Everyone doesn't really understand her except her Uncle Weldon and her faithful dog, Rain. She got Rain when her father found her as a stray behind the building he worked at. No one knew who her owners were. Rose's father gave the dog to (two, too) Rose (Rows) as the only gift he ever gave her. But then a hurricane hits and Rain (Reign) goes missing. During the search for her dog, Rose (Rows) discovers exactly who Rain's owners were. Will Rose (Rows) do the right thing and let Rain (Reign) go?

Your opinion: I really liked how Rose was always doing the right thing (in her opinion), and with this book you can see inside someone's mind who on the outside you wouldn't know very well. For example, she gets pretty upset when someone breaks a rule or makes a mistake, and has to be taken out into the hallway, but with this book you can see exactly why, and how things makes sense to her. I don't have anything that I didn't like about the book, and I think this book really deserves to be in the Newbery finals (or even win!).

Rating:  5  out of 5 stars

Who would like this book: I think a lot of people would like to read this book, but especially people who like 1) dogs, 2) a chatty protagonist, or 3) homophones/homonyms. I also think people who have read Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper or A Mango-Shaped Space by Wendy Mass would really like this book. Basically anybody could like this book!

Reviewed by: MT