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Reviewed by K.C. Finn for Readers' Favorite
Rain Falling on Embers is filled with emotion, drama, suspense, and adventure. It is intended for middle-grade readers and contains some potentially distressing themes, such as death and abduction. Penned by Liana Gardner, this thrilling and highly intense work allows young readers to experience a contemporary drama with real-world issues through the eyes of young Katie, who was thirteen when her life was turned totally upside down. Grieving for her father and feeling alone in a town where she knew nobody, things took an even worse turn when Katie was abducted and left to fend for herself in the hills as a violent storm approached.
Liana Gardner has achieved something truly unique in this children’s novel, developing a realistic, heartfelt, and serious drama the likes of which I’ve never seen in middle-grade fiction before. This is exactly the sort of sophisticated read I’d have been looking for as a pre-teen, exploring the world of contemporary drama through Katie’s eyes and learning to cope with loss and trauma. Kids who have gone through anything similar to Katie’s experience are sure to find that this work speaks to their souls, and those who haven’t will doubtless learn a great deal of empathy and maturity from the sensitive portrayal of emotions that Gardner conveys from cover to cover. I would not hesitate to recommend Rain Falling on Embers for all young readers, but perhaps especially as a classroom or youth club read that is sure to inspire many deep conversations.