

Rain Reign
Author: Ann M. Martin
Narrator: Ann M. Martin
Unabridged: 4 hr 7 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Published: 10/07/2014
Categories: Children's Fiction, Animal Stories
Author: Ann M. Martin
Narrator: Ann M. Martin
Unabridged: 4 hr 7 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Published: 10/07/2014
Categories: Children's Fiction, Animal Stories
Ann M. Martin is the author of Ten Rules for Living with My Sister, Ten Good and Bad Things About My Life, and Everything for a Dog, all from Feiwel and Friends. She won a Newbery Honor Award for A Corner of the Universe, and is the author of the beloved Baby-sitters Club series. She lives in upstate New York.
3.5 stars. Review originally posted at Mostly YA Lit Check out my expectations of Rain Reign before reading! A compelling character study of a girl with high-functioning autism, Rain Reign is a middle-grade novel with a deceptively simple writing style. When I first started the novel, I immediatel......more
I find myself sucked in to novels (often with first-person narration) of the travails of a high-functioning autistic kid, hoping the author will "get it right", only to be ultimately underwhelmed by gimmickry, or gooey feel-good-ery. Rain Reign, a (presumably) YA novel featuring 10 year-old fifth gr......more
A sweet, sad story told from the point of a mildly autistic girl who is misunderstood, tries every day to be who others want her to be, and loves her dog. A great narrative voice.......more
I started and finished this book in one sitting. Before the rest of the house was awake. I couldn't imagine putting it down. Rose is a girl I might have met, but this novel gave me a deeper peek into how she ticks and for this, I am very grateful to Ann M. Martin. Any title that helps a teacher thin......more
Before I read this book, I showed it to my 10yo and asked if he wanted to read it first, since it had just been given one of the ALA awards. Now I'm glad that he declined because he's halfway through another book. I stayed up until the wee hours finishing this book, tense and sick to my stomach the......more