Book: Rain Reign

Here is another of the Mark Twain Award finalists for 2016/7 - Rain Reign by Ann M. Martin.  Martin successfully depicts a young girl with Asperger's Syndrome and her abusive father.  This book, from the author of The Baby-Sitters Club series, does not hold back and brings out some frustration in the mind of the reader.

From Goodreads:

Rose Howard has Asperger’s syndrome, and an obsession with homonyms (even her name is a homonym). She gave her dog Rain a name with two homonyms (Reign, Rein), which, according to Rose’s rules of homonyms, is very special. Rain was a lost dog Rose’s father brought home. Rose and Rain are practically inseparable. And they are often home alone, as Rose’s father spends most evenings at a bar, and doesn’t have much patience for his special-needs daughter.

Just as a storm hits town, Rain goes missing. Rose’s father shouldn’t have let Rain out. Now Rose has to find her dog, even if it means leaving her routines and safe places to search. Rose will find Rain, but so will Rain’s original owners.