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Rain Shadow

Valerie Sherrard
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Rain Shadow

Valerie Sherrard
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CANADIAN9-12 YEARS152 PAGESENGLISH
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  • Appropriate for: Ages 9-12 Years
  • Published date: Oct 24, 2014
  • Language: English
  • No. of Pages: 152
  • Publisher: Fitzhenry and Whiteside
  • ISBN: 9781554553419
  • Dimensions: 5.0" W x 0.393700787" L x 7.519685039" H

Born in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Valerie Sherrard's ambition to become a writer was kindled when she was in grade six and living with her family in Lahr, West Germany, where her father was stationed. Her homeroom teacher praised her efforts and instilled in her a lifelong belief in her ability to write. Valerie has written a number of books for young readers including Tumbleweed Skies and the award-winning The Glory Wind, winner of the Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction.


"Award-winning author Valerie Sherrard continues to explore the connection between human beings, community and nature in Rain Shadow, a companion novel to The Glory Wind. . . These novels work well together. Each explores themes of tolerance and compassion in the context of post-WWII Canada, using unique points of view that on one hand create the illusion of distance, but on the other put the reader right where s/he needs to be."
— Canadian Children's Book News

"(Rain Shadow) is another strong work in the realist tradition, presenting the past without rose-coloured glasses. Readers emerge from the story with a fresh awareness of what kindness and decency to others really mean. Sherrard has made good use of metaphor, characterization and point-of-view to create another outstanding novel.
Highly Recommended."
— CM Magazine

"The book has excellent potential for classroom discussions about polio, special-needs children and grief. . . Rain Shadow is a sweet, yet tragic, little gem of a story that could nicely supplement a lesson plan for upper elementary students."
— The National Reading Campaign

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