![]() She won a Newbery Honor Award for A Corner of the Universe, and is the author of the beloved Baby-sitters Club series. Filled with integrity and determination, Rose overcomes significant obstacles in order to do what is right. Martin is the author of Ten Rules for Living with My Sister, Ten Good and Bad Things About My Life, and Everything for a Dog, all from Feiwel and Friends. Newbery Honor author Martin (A Corner of the Universe) is extremely successful in capturing Rose’s perspective and personality Rose can’t always recognize when she is being treated unkindly (it’s no rare occurrence), but readers will see what she is up against, as well as the efforts of those who reach out to her. Hearts will break and spirits will soar for this powerful story, brilliantly told from Roses point of view. ![]() Now Rose has to find her dog, even if it means leaving her routines and safe places to search. As Rose’s sense of order is disrupted by floods, uprooted trees, and destroyed buildings, she methodically follows a plan to bring Rain home, though things don’t go as expected. When a storm hits their rural town, rivers overflow, roads are flooded, and Rain goes missing. Rose’s own feelings of anxiety and worry are viscerally felt when her dog, Rain, gets lost after a storm wreaks havoc in her small New York town. ![]() ![]() Rose Howard is a high-functioning autistic fifth-grader, and her preoccupation with homophones, her insistence on rules being followed to the letter of the law, and her difficulties reading social cues and understanding emotions are giving her trouble at school and frustrating her impatient and often angry single father. ![]()
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