Rain Reign

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2018

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Before You Read

Summary

Chapter Summaries & Analyses

Chapters 1-13

Chapters 14-22

Chapters 23-34

Chapters 35-44

Chapter 45-Author’s Note

Character Analysis

Themes

Symbols & Motifs

Important Quotes

Essay Topics

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Discussion Questions

Essay Topics

Compare the portrayal of autism in Rain Reign with that of another middle-grade or young-adult book. (The website Disability in Kidlit especially recommends middle-grade titles The Real Boy by Anne Ursu and A Boy Called Bat by Elana K. Arnold, and A State of Grace by Rachael Lucas for young-adult readers.) What differences do you see in the different texts regarding how autism is portrayed? What similarities?

What is Rose’s greatest challenge in this book? Use evidence from the text to support your argument.

How might this book be different if it were set in the 1950s? What elements of Rose’s story would change, and which would be the same?