Rain Reign reviewed by Jessica E.

I read (red) Rain Reign by Ann Martin. The book follows a girl named Rose (rows) Howard who is obsessed with homonyms and therefore I use them throughout this book report. She is thrilled that her own name is a homonym and keeps a list of all the homonyms that she knows (nose). When Rose's dad finds a lost dog in a storm without a collar, Rose calls her Rain (rein, reign) and loves her like a sister.
Rose also has a problem. She has an official diagnosis of high-functioning autism, so she doesn't think like everyone else. Emotions are harder to (two, too) understand for (fore) her, many things make her angry, and she cheers people up with homonyms and prime numbers. Rain is the closest friendship that she has had in (inn) years, so Rose spends all of her time with her. Rain will never get mad, and has easy emotions to understand. So who will understand Rose when Rain gets lost in a hurricane without her collar? Or when they find Rain's original owners?
Rose's narrative voice is unique and powerful, as she talks about her view of the world. Her story is sad in parts, but of true friendship so pure that autism can't hide it.