Book Descriptions
for After the Rain by Norma Fox Mazer
From Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)
Fifteen-year-old Rachel's attempts to develop a closer relationship with her grandfather are thwarted by his cantankerous personality and by his denial that he is dying of cancer. Memorable characters are well-developed through dialogue in an absorbing novel about the difficulties of communication among family members. (Age 14 and older)
CCBC Choices 1987 . © Cooperative Children's Book Center, Univ. of Wisconsin - Madison, 1987. Used with permission.
From the Publisher
For use in schools and libraries only. After discovering her grandfather is dying, 15-year-old Rachel gets to know him better than ever before and finds the experience bittersweet.
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