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Shouting at the Rain

Lynda Mullaly Hunt
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  1. ALSO BY LYNDA MULLALY HUNT
  2. Contents
  3. Chapter 1
  4. UNTIL NOW
  5. Chapter 2
  6. THE BEST ONE YET
  7. Chapter 3
  8. MADRE SEAL
  9. Chapter 4
  10. BROKEN
  11. Chapter 5
  12. OLIVE OIL
  13. Chapter 6
  14. LIGHTNING BOY
  15. Chapter 7
  16. PLAYING GAMES
  17. Chapter 8
  18. A LIAR AND A THIEF
  19. Chapter 9
  20. MORE THAN A FLUKE
  21. Chapter 10
  22. IT’S A HARD-KNOCK LIFE
  23. Chapter 11
  24. SHUDDER AT THE THOUGHT
  25. Chapter 12
  26. ZONKED!
  27. Chapter 13
  28. THE RIFT
  29. Chapter 14
  30. RETURN OF THE MADRE
  31. Chapter 15
  32. THAT NOURISHING TEA
  33. Chapter 16
  34. A BOWL OF BOLOGNA
  35. Chapter 17
  36. ESCAPE FROM THE CAKES
  37. Chapter 18
  38. WHO WATCHES YOU WHILE YOU EAT A SANDWICH?
  39. Chapter 19
  40. IS THAT YOU?
  41. Chapter 20
  42. SEEDS THAT GROW AND SEEDS THAT DON’T
  43. Chapter 21
  44. NOT-SO-PERFECT PICTURE
  45. Chapter 22
  46. OPTIMISTIC ELEPHANTS
  47. Chapter 23
  48. A SHOVELFUL OF SAND
  49. Chapter 24
  50. STORM
  51. Chapter 25
  52. THE REEL OF MISFORTUNE
  53. Chapter 26
  54. A BIT OF DRAMA
  55. Chapter 27
  56. WHATEVER FLOATS YOUR BOAT
  57. Chapter 28
  58. SHARK SNACK
  59. Chapter 29
  60. THE GREATEST PREDICTOR OF SUCCESS
  61. Chapter 30
  62. WAS MY MOMMA STRONG?
  63. Chapter 31
  64. EELS FOR THE REEL
  65. Chapter 32
  66. OUTSIDE LOOKING IN
  67. Chapter 33
  68. THE HARDEST SHELL OF ALL
  69. Chapter 34
  70. CHATHAM PEER
  71. Chapter 35
  72. WHO YOU GONNA BE?
  73. Chapter 36
  74. BOOTS
  75. Chapter 37
  76. EGGS AND POTATOES
  77. Chapter 38
  78. NOW WE’RE COOKIN’
  79. Chapter 39
  80. RUNAWAY
  81. Chapter 40
  82. THE FEELING OF BEING ROBBED
  83. Chapter 41
  84. FELINE KINDER
  85. Chapter 42
  86. TO REVEAL A SECRET
  87. Chapter 43
  88. A LESSON FROM MOBY
  89. Chapter 44
  90. THE SUN WILL COME OUT
  91. Chapter 45
  92. THE ONES WHO STAY
  93. Chapter 46
  94. WHAT YOU SEE
  95. Chapter 47
  96. THE BIG ONE WITH THE LADDER
  97. Chapter 48
  98. A GIFT FROM PAPA
  99. Chapter 49
  100. THE SHELTERING TREE
  101. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  102. ABOUT THE AUTHOR
  103. What’s next on your reading list?
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ALSO BY LYNDA MULLALY HUNT

One for the Murphys

Fish in a Tree

Book title, Shouting at the Rain, author, Lynda Mullaly Hunt, imprint, Nancy Paulsen Books

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Hunt, Lynda Mullaly, author.

Title: Shouting at the rain / Lynda Mullaly Hunt.

Description: New York: Nancy Paulsen Books, 2019.

Summary: Delsie loves tracking the weather, living with her grandmother, and the support of friends and neighbors, but misses having a “regular family,” especially after her best friend outgrows her.

Identifiers: LCCN 2018051566 | ISBN 9780399175152 (hardback) | ISBN 9780698196940 (ebook)

Subjects: | CYAC: Grandmothers—Fiction. | Family life—Massachusetts—Cape Cod—Fiction. | Friendship—Fiction. | Neighborliness—Fiction. | Weather—Fiction. | Cape Cod (Mass.)—Fiction. | BISAC: JUVENILE FICTION / Family / Parents. | JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Drugs, Alcohol, Substance Abuse. | JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Emotions & Feelings.

Classification: LCC PZ7.H9159 Sho 2019 | DDC [Fic]—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018051566

Cover art © 2019 by Maggie Edkins

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, businesses, companies, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

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For Nancy Paulsen
who has strong shoulders

Greg, Kim, Kyle, and Dave
Long ago, I dreamed of having my own family;
you make me happier than I’d ever dreamed

Contents

Also by Lynda Mullaly Hunt

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

1. UNTIL NOW

2. THE BEST ONE YET

3. MADRE SEAL

4. BROKEN

5. OLIVE OIL

6. LIGHTNING BOY

7. PLAYING GAMES

8. A LIAR AND A THIEF

9. MORE THAN A FLUKE

10. IT’S A HARD-KNOCK LIFE

11. SHUDDER AT THE THOUGHT

12. ZONKED!

13. THE RIFT

14. RETURN OF THE MADRE

15. THAT NOURISHING TEA

16. A BOWL OF BOLOGNA

17. ESCAPE FROM THE CAKES

18. WHO WATCHES YOU WHILE YOU EAT A SANDWICH?

19. IS THAT YOU?

20. SEEDS THAT GROW AND SEEDS THAT DON’T

21. NOT-SO-PERFECT PICTURE

22. OPTIMISTIC ELEPHANTS

23. A SHOVELFUL OF SAND

24. STORM

25. THE REEL OF MISFORTUNE

26. A BIT OF DRAMA

27. WHATEVER FLOATS YOUR BOAT

28. SHARK SNACK

29. THE GREATEST PREDICTOR OF SUCCESS

30. WAS MY MOMMA STRONG?

31. EELS FOR THE REEL