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When two words sound the same but are spelled differently, we call those words homonyms. Rose will tell you all about her list of homonyms, including one for her dog Rain (reign). Life is challenging for Rose because of her Asperger's. This just means she sees the world a little differently than other kids, and certain things can really upset her. She lives with her Dad because her mom left, but her Dad doesn't really understand Rose sometimes and gets mad. Thank goodness Rose has Uncle Weldon.
RAIN REIGN by Ann Martin might be a little quirky, but once you start reading, it will be hard to put down. There's always something exciting every few pages. For 5th - 8th grades.
SEPT 2015
Fifth-grader Rose Howard loves homonyms, prime numbers, and cannot help speaking her mind if she sees someone break a rule. Despite doing well in her classes, Rose has a difficult time in school, and is not treated with much sensitivity by her classmates or teachers, and even got banned from taking the school bus after a particularly passionate outburst over the bus driver breaking a rule.
Through it all, Rose's single father refuses to acknowledge that Rose is anything but normal, or that she has no control over her anxiety or obsession with homonyms. But Rose gets along well with her uncle Weldon and her dog Rain, whose name is a homonym and adds up to a prime number. It even seems like Rain is helping Rose make friends in school. But then, Rain goes missing during a storm, and Rose has to devise a plan to find her.
Rain Reign is a candidly told story from the point of view of a girl with Asperger's Syndrome. Rose is a brave girl who tries hard to carve a place for herself in a world that does not always understand her. In the end, Rose has to make difficult choices, but they are ones that bring her closer to people around her.
This book will appeal to readers in grades 4-6.
He's innocent. Wayne Connelly is innocent of bringing and shooting the gun in the school cafeteria. Colin knows this because there was frosting all over the gun. Now he just has to find convince Wayne, his own personal bully since the First Grade, to work with him to find proof of his innocence. High schooler, Colin has Asperger's Syndrome, a form of auttism, but he knows how to investigate and just like his hero, Sherlock Holmes, he must investigate and solve this mystery.
Colin Fischer by two local authors, Ashley Edward Miller and Zack Stentz, is a fast read, if one skips all the footnotes. For readers in 6th-9th grade.
