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Gr 4-7 When 12-year-old Rain -s father leaves the family, her mother decides to simplify their lives and move to Rain -s grandmother -s house in the country. Daniel, an intelligent boy who is obsessed with "Star Trek" and enjoys playing chess, lives next door. At school, the two are called the -Double Drips. - Rain wishes she could play basketball, but feels obliga...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Giving people—and places—a closer look is the exceptionally handled theme of this Australian import. "Boringsville," declares twelve-year-old Rain when she and her mother move to the country, but rural life turns out to be quite interesting: possums in the attic, a platypus sighting, "phenomenally bright" Daniel next door, their rundown but cozy house. The magnetic fridge poetry she and her mother write for each other, "about stuff that maybe we don't want to actua...Log In or Sign Up to Read More