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by Alma Fullerton; Kim La Fave (Illustrator)

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Malini, a young girl in a small Sri Lankan community, is anxious about the responsibility of helping with the monsoon-season rice planting for the first time. When a flash flood leaves her stranded alone with the ox cart full of rice seedlings, she summons unexpected courage to calm the ox and save her town's rice crop.

It is time to plant the rice crop in Malini's Sri Lankan community, and the little girl is both excited and nervous to help for the first time. What if she does it wrong? Will she be responsible if the crop fails? When the oxcart rumbles in loaded with seedlings, she reluctantly agrees to watch the big, imposing animal while the driver takes a break.

Suddenly, the skies go dark with monsoon rain. A flash flood pours down the road, separating Malini from the driver and her family. They are shouting for her to run for higher ground, but what about the rice? Summoning up courage she never dreamed she possessed, Malini resolves to save ox, cart, and seedlings, no matter what it takes.

Award-winning author Alma Fullerton tells Malini's story in expressive free verse that vibrates with emotion and energy. The moods of Sri Lanka's rainy season come alive as Kim La Fave, illustrator of the award-winning Shin Chi's Canoe, uses a fresh style that is both contemporary and impressionistic to depict the courage of one little girl facing the power of a flash flood.

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  • Title When the Rain Comes
  • Author Alma Fullerton; Kim La Fave (Illustrator)
  • Binding Hardback
  • Pages 32
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Pajama Press
  • Publication date 2017-02-08
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Dust Cover, Illustrated
  • ISBN 9781772780123 / 177278012X
  • Weight 0.9 lbs (0.41 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.2 x 10.4 x 0.4 in (23.37 x 26.42 x 1.02 cm)
  • Age range 08 to 12 years
  • Grade levels 3 - 7
  • Reading level 660
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Asian - General
    • Ethnic Orientation: Asian - General
    • Topical: Self-Esteem
  • Category Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
  • Library of Congress subjects Courage, Sri Lanka
  • Dewey Decimal Code E

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Citations

  • Foreword, 03/02/2017, Page 0
  • Horn Book Magazine, 05/01/2017, Page 77
  • Kirkus Reviews, 12/15/2016, Page 149
  • Publishers Weekly, 11/14/2016, Page 0
  • School Library Journal, 01/01/2017, Page 71
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