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A Year Without Rain
Having been sent by her father to live with her Aunt Agatha in Savannah during a severe drought, Rachel is devastated to learn that her Pa is planning to remarry and so decides to put a stop to the wedding no matter what it takes.
- GenresHistorical Fiction
118 pages, Hardcover
First published April 1, 2000
About the author
D. Anne Love
12 books13 followersI was born in western Tennessee, the eldest of four children. My father was a lover of books who taught me to read even before I started school. My mother was (and still is!) the world’s best mom and a lover of music who sang in the kitchen as she taught me to cook.
I enjoyed playing games and riding bikes but my favorite activity was reading. Among my favorite authors were Lois Lenski, Louisa May Alcott and Harper Lee. I was in love with words and stories, with the feel of paper as I turned the pages, with the smell of ink.
Major, the golden retriever
In high school, and later, in college, I discovered newspaper writing and worked for the paper to help pay for my education. I became a teacher, and later, a school principal, and then a college professor, but I never forgot my dream of someday writing books. In 1989, I began writing full time, and in 1995 Holiday House published BESS’S LOG CABIN QUILT, my first novel for young readers.
Since then I have published a number of other books. Writing is still my full time job, though I spend a lot of time visiting schools, talking to students and teachers about my favorite subjects: books and reading!
In addition to Texas, I’ve lived in Tennessee, Illinois, Iowa, and California. Currently I live in central Ohio with my husband Ron, and Major our rambunctious golden retriever. But Austin, Texas is, and always will be the place I call home.
I enjoyed playing games and riding bikes but my favorite activity was reading. Among my favorite authors were Lois Lenski, Louisa May Alcott and Harper Lee. I was in love with words and stories, with the feel of paper as I turned the pages, with the smell of ink.
Major, the golden retriever
In high school, and later, in college, I discovered newspaper writing and worked for the paper to help pay for my education. I became a teacher, and later, a school principal, and then a college professor, but I never forgot my dream of someday writing books. In 1989, I began writing full time, and in 1995 Holiday House published BESS’S LOG CABIN QUILT, my first novel for young readers.
Since then I have published a number of other books. Writing is still my full time job, though I spend a lot of time visiting schools, talking to students and teachers about my favorite subjects: books and reading!
In addition to Texas, I’ve lived in Tennessee, Illinois, Iowa, and California. Currently I live in central Ohio with my husband Ron, and Major our rambunctious golden retriever. But Austin, Texas is, and always will be the place I call home.
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March 19, 2018
I liked this book because it was very interesting. The boy had to deal with his mother dying, and him moving away from his grandpa. He had to move away to a totally different state. He lived in California, and lived on a farm. He had to move away from his grandpa because they had a drought and it wasn't safe for him to be there. I recommend anyone who likes reading about farms or about living a new life to read this book.
July 11, 2022
Sweet book that reminded me of Sarah Plain and Tall. Read to make sure it was ok for my 7 year old to read on her own.
November 10, 2022
Such a great book!! Deserves a better cover, it was so much more interesting than I assumed it would be.
March 27, 2010
Since her mother's death, twelve-year-old Rachel has grievedsilently - there's simply no time to mourn on the harsh late nineteenth century plains. When a brutal drought shows no signs of letting up, Rachel's father does the only thing he can think of - he sends Rachel and her little brother John to stay with their mother's sister in Savannah, Georgia. When he finally comes to bring them home, he announces that he plans to marry the local schoolteacher. Rachel refuses to accept her future stepmother, setting into motion a chain of events that nearly ends in tragedy. Now it is up to Rachel to earn her father's forgiveness and let go of her grief. I highly reccomend this poignant novel. Although it is set a little over a hundred years ago, the feelings in it are as real now as they were then.
July 8, 2014
gr 4-6 118 pgs
1890s, rural South Dakota / Savannah, Georgia. 12 year old Rachel and her younger brother are sent to live with their aunt in Savannah. Their father hopes to send for them as soon as the year long drought breaks. Staying with her aunt allows the children to learn more about their mother who died four years earlier, bu Rachel can't wait to go home. However, when she learns her father is marrying her teacher, Rachel is not happy and is even more determined to return home and put a stop to it.
Interesting read
1890s, rural South Dakota / Savannah, Georgia. 12 year old Rachel and her younger brother are sent to live with their aunt in Savannah. Their father hopes to send for them as soon as the year long drought breaks. Staying with her aunt allows the children to learn more about their mother who died four years earlier, bu Rachel can't wait to go home. However, when she learns her father is marrying her teacher, Rachel is not happy and is even more determined to return home and put a stop to it.
Interesting read
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November 13, 2016Not my Favorite, but its ok.
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September 7, 2007Love, Anne
October 27, 2007
Adjusting to a stepmother on the prairie in 1896 North Dakota.
January 17, 2018
This book was ok. The best part was when Pa says to Rachel and John Wesley that he is getting remarried. The theme of the book that sometimes you have to learn to let things go. I would recommend this book to anyone.
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