by Ann M. Martin
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...
This little novel is one of the best reading experiences I've had in a long time. The narrative voice of Rose Howard is direct, compelling and sometimes heart-breaking. She sets out to tell her story with structured straight forward honesty, setting out the events and providing the background we n...
This little novel is one of the best reading experiences I've had in a long time. The narrative voice of Rose Howard is direct, compelling and sometimes heart-breaking.Rose is the author of the novel. She sets out to tell her story with structured straight forward honesty, setting out the events and...
“Two, three, five, seven,” welcome to the world of Rose (rows), a fifth- grader obsessed with words (especially homophones), fixated with rules, and passionate with numbers especially prime numbers. It’s although everything in Rose’s world falls into one of these categories; adding up letters in a p...
This is an amazing book about a girl and her dog and what she learns from having one. I'm not going to lie... this book... broke my heart. It's not an easy read. Mostly because the main character, Rose, has Autism and that hits close to home for me... I have two brothers with Autism and... it's not ...
A cute and somewhat sad story of an autistic girl and her dog. This realistic contemporary nails it on the reactions and actions of a child with asperger's syndrome. Rose a young girl diagnosed with Asperger's has received the best gift, a dog she names Rain. As someone who is obsessed with rules...
Cute little story about a girl with Asperger's Syndrome, a dog called Rain, a difficult father and a wonderful uncle.
Title: Rain Reign Author: Ann M. Martin Genre: Children’s Fiction Publisher: Macmillan Children's Publishing Group Publication Date: October 7, 2014 Format: egalley via Netgalley Synopsis My rating: 5 of 5 stars My review (published at Read, Run, Ramble): Thank you M...
Pre-release thoughts: Hooray, another book with an aspie protagonist. I loved Martin's "A Corner of the Universe," so hopefully this'll be a return to form.
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