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Happy Thursday! Sorry for the late posting. It was a very busy day. I wrote this late on Thursday night and never pushed the button to post!
#tbt features Rain, Reign by Ann M. Martin. Rose Howard is a fifth grader who has a love for rules, order and homonyms and homophones. She doesn't always get social cues and her rather clueless, single father really doesn't get her, nor does he have too much patience. Luckily, Rose has Uncle Weldon, who lives nearby and gives Rose the support she needs. When Rose's father brings home a stray dog, Rose names her Rain because she was found in the rain and reign is a homophone for reign. She adores Rain, but when she gets loose during a storm, her uncle and she set out to find her lost dog.
This character-driven, first-person narrative is emotionally intense. Readers will root for Rose as she navigates a sea of uncertainty.
Ann M. Martin is the author of the beloved Babysitters Club series, as well as A Dog's Life: The Autobiography of a Stray and its companion, Everything for a Dog. She won an Newbery Honor for A Corner of the Universe in 2003. Rain, Reign won a Schneider Family Book Award and was named to several "Best Books of the Year" lists. Happy Reading!
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