- Rain Rising
- by Courtne Comrie
- Publisher: Harper
- Release Date: September 27, 2022
- ISBN: 9780063159730
Rain is struggling to find happiness in her world. This sadness is leading her to bad thoughts and self-harm. She cannot express her feelings to her mom or her older brother. These feelings are intensified when her brother is attacked at a party during a campus tour weekend. Xander’s normal positive personality is shaken, and now Rain must learn where she fits in his healing as well as in her own.
Readers interested in family dynamics, intense social issues, the need for self-love and healing will appreciate this novel. This book will appeal to readers of Starfish by Lisa Fipps, Cut by Patricia McCormick, Speak by Laure Halse Anderson, and books by Kathleen Glasgow. Powerfully emotional, this middle grade verse novel deals with intense topics such as mental health, racism and dysfunctional families.
-Melissa Palmer
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