Rain Reign

Author: Ann M. Martin

Read by: Laura Hamilton

Length: 4hrs and 7mins

Publisher: USA: Brilliance Audio, 2014

Annotation:

This first-person narrative story of Rose, who is a fifth-grader diagnosed with Asperger syndrome and lives with strict and troubled father, is emotionally intense and attention-grabbing. She is an enthusiast and obsessed with homonyms, as the book title Rain Reign is an example of a homonym, and prime numbers. Her challenges in reading social cues, understanding emotions and controlling her outbursts and obsessions does make things difficult. Having a set of patterns, routine and habits would help deal control the difficulties day-by-day. The storyline is character-driven with the theme of me and my dog, where Rose shares an inseparable bond with her beloved dog pet that comforts and protects Rose.

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Author: Hilary Reyl

Publisher: Melbourne, Victoria: The Text Publishing Company, 2017

Annotation:

This realistic and teenage romance fiction novel is a first-person narrative of a teenage boy name Martin, 16, on the high-functioning autism spectrum. The book chapters are not followed by conventional numbers, instead it is followed by date and timestamp. The tone is moving with writing style very thoughtful. Martin leaves from hometown to France with his mother and older sister for the summer, where he attends a local high school’s summer program. He has a crush on a girl who he thinks of a real-life character in his favourite book by the French author Marcel Proust. He figures out how to fall in love with overcoming challenges to his own perception and social interaction.

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