Shouting At The Rain (Lynda Mullaly Hunt)

 

This would be a lovely story to read at the beginning of the year as part of our friendship unit - but only with a class that is quite mature. Trouble is, that's hard to know at the beginning of the school year. Not sure if this would make a good read aloud for grade three. There are some big topics in there - abandonment being a big one. I enjoyed it quite immensely. It was the book for my Children's Lit book club. Now, knowing it is full of anagrams, I am keen to read it again with a different perspective and that inside knowledge.

I looked for sign posts while I was reading. These are my notes:

Goodreads says:

Delsie loves tracking the weather--lately, though, it seems the squalls are in her own life. She's always lived with her kindhearted Grammy, but now she's looking at their life with new eyes and wishing she could have a "regular family." Delsie observes other changes in the air, too--the most painful being a friend who's outgrown her. Luckily, she has neighbors with strong shoulders to support her, and Ronan, a new friend who is caring and courageous but also troubled by the losses he's endured. As Ronan and Delsie traipse around Cape Cod on their adventures, they both learn what it means to be angry versus sad, broken versus whole, and abandoned versus loved. And that, together, they can weather any storm.