- Hardcover: 304 pages
- Publisher: Macmillan Children's Books (29 Sep 1988)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0333472039
- ISBN-13: 978-0333472033
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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This is an emotional story about a young girl named Rachel who reluctantly phones her grandfather once a week. It is not something she enjoys doing as he is not an easy conversationist. When the grandfather becomes ill and she has to spend more time with him he becomes to mean more to her than her best friend, her writing or even her new found boyfriend. This book was the "1987 Newbery Honor Book" for the most distinguished contribution to literature for children. The author has also written "Taking Terri Mueller".
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Format:Hardcover
I loved this book...you knew rachel's grandpa...I cried. It was so gripping, when right from the start, she got forced into liking him, and then, soon, she grew to love him...i realised that I take my grandparents for granted, and that i shouldn't Brilliant read, We all should read it.
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19 Feb 2002
Format:Hardcover
After The Rain was written by Norma Fox Mazer. Izzy, Manny, her "Daddy", Shirley, her "Ma" Helena, her best friend, and Lewis are a few of the characters with whom the main character, Rachel, has relations. The entire book takes place in a rural countryside on the eastern coast of the United States. Rachel's grandfather, Izzy, was dying. He had contracted a terminal disease called mesothelioma. This disease usually attacks the lining of the lung and does not have a cure. Unfortunately, Izzy has the disease both on the lining of and in his lungs. Rachel, after grasping the fact that her grandfather was dying, spent more time with him before his death. She walked with Izzy almost everyday and took care of him as best she could. As Rachel got to know him, she grew to love him immeasurably. When Izzy finally became so weak he has to go to the hospital, Rachel skips school for many weeks to be with him.
I would recommend this book to another student. In fact I think that I would recommend this touching novel to anyone that could read! Norma Fox Mazer has adroitly woven the problems of a young teenage, about my age, into this novel. She created a story that seems so real, but is totally fiction. The events after Izzy died were described so vividly that tears came to my eyes, even though the vocabulary words used to illustrate the scene were only at a fifth to sixth grader's level. Because the story touched me so, I rated After The Rain five stars.
I would recommend this book to another student. In fact I think that I would recommend this touching novel to anyone that could read! Norma Fox Mazer has adroitly woven the problems of a young teenage, about my age, into this novel. She created a story that seems so real, but is totally fiction. The events after Izzy died were described so vividly that tears came to my eyes, even though the vocabulary words used to illustrate the scene were only at a fifth to sixth grader's level. Because the story touched me so, I rated After The Rain five stars.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
After the Rain
24 Oct 2004
Format:Hardcover
After the rain was a very good book. i would recommend it to everyone. After the rain is about a 15 year old girl who discovers life, love and herself. i would never think that her grandfather would die because it made me cry and it will make you cry. the first time i saw the book i thought it would be dumb because i hade to read it for school and then i thought this book is the best book i ever read. this book is fantisic and you should read it too.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Sierra from Richview Middle School
10 Mar 2004
Format:Paperback
The story starts with rachel a 15 year old girl.She enjoys writing and learning about literature.Her mother and father are described as a moose and a baby blue whale.She also has two older brothers that live and work away from home.Now rachel lives the normal hectic life of a teenager,with low self-esteem and feels unimportant to the world.Then her family is bestowed with the horrifying fact that her grandfather is diagnosed with a cancer diease.Although her grandfather is not the easiest man to love she becomes his reluctant companion.The after school visits to the hospital begin as a chore but soon her grandfather becomes the most important thing in her life.Even more important than her friendship with Helena and her new relationship with Lewis Olswager.Even after all the love and care rachel provides her grandfather passes away.but the memory of him will always live on in her heart forever!This was a hearwarming tell that tought me to treat me what I have right now important because I might not have it later!
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