59 pages 1 hour read

Ann M. Martin

Rain Reign

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2018

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Essay Topics

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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?

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

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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?