Bethany knows that she is special.
She doesn't learn things as easily as her classmates do and that sometimes makes them mean to her. They call her names -- including the really "bad" name. Even her mom and her sister Mira say unkind things at times. But Bethany has friends like her neighbour Mrs. Goldsborough as well as happy times with Daddy when he gets home from work. And now, Mira has promised to protect her from the bullies when the new school year begins.
Then tragedy strikes, tearing Bethany's world apart in way she could never have imagined, and she starts to wonder if there will ever be a place that feels like home again.
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I have chosen to return to the fictitious setting of Junction, Manitoba (setting for The Glory Wind) in this story.
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Shortlisted for the Canadian Library Association 2015 Book of the Year for Children.
Silver Birch Fiction Honour title Award 2016.
Shortlisted for the 2016 Ann Connor Brimer Award.
Shortlisted for the 2016 Diamond Willow Award.
Shortlisted for the 2017 Rocky Mountain Book Award
Select Awards and Reviews for Rain Shadow:
Shortlisted for the Canadian Library Association 2015 Book of the Year for Children.
Silver Birch Fiction Honour title Award 2016.
Shortlisted for the 2016 Ann Connor Brimer Award.
Shortlisted for the 2016 Diamond Willow Award.
Shortlisted for the 2017 Rocky Mountain Book Award
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