Compare the portrayal of autism in Rain Reign with that of another middle-grade or young-adult book. (The website Disability in Kidlit especially recommends middle-grade titles The Real Boy by Anne Ursu and A Boy Called Bat by Elana K. Arnold, and A State of Grace by Rachael Lucas for young-adult readers.) What differences do you see in the different texts regarding how autism is portrayed? What similarities?

What is Rose’s greatest challenge in this book? Use evidence from the text to support your argument.

How might this book be different if it were set in the 1950s? What elements of Rose’s story would change, and which would be the same?