Rain Reign
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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Fifth grader Rose Howard loves homonyms, prime numbers, and her dog Rain. When a hurricane hits her upstate New York town and Rain goes missing in the storm, Rose sets out to find her on her own.
Rain Reign is middle grade, recommended for readers 8 to 12. The protagonist is a fifth-grader on the autism spectrum. The novel is widely taught in elementary and middle school classrooms.
Yes. Rain Reign features a 12-year-old narrator named Rose who has high-functioning autism. Ann M. Martin researched the condition extensively, and the book is widely recommended in conversations about neurodiverse representation in middle-grade fiction.
Rain Reign was written by Ann M. Martin, published in 2015 by B de Block.
Rain Reign is 256 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, Rain Reign takes most readers 4 to 6 hours to finish.
Rain Reign is a standalone novel by Ann M. Martin, not part of a series.
Rain Reign is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.