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www.teachwire.net | 77 running away from the house of a newly-discovered grandmother. She finds herself in the watery world of Ishka – full of forgotten gods, strange creatures, and a dream-devouring monster whose emptiness can never be filled. When the monster threatens Marina’s family and homeland, she knows that she has no choice but to open herself up to some traumatic events in her past that she’s been trying very hard to forget. This book is full of rich language T he World Between the Rain is Susan Cahill’s debut middle-grade novel – a haunting portal adventure about grief, family, gods, and Dreamweavers. It was partly inspired by Cahill’s childhood desire to track down the wardrobe that would grant her entry to the magical realm of Narnia, and partly by her childhood home by the sea in West Cork, Ireland. The story follows the journey of Marina when she accidentally slips between the raindrops after and imagery, which would make it a great choice to inspire an upper Key Stage 2 class. There is plenty of scope within this text for narrative writing, poetry work, art and PSHE discussions, amongst other things. Activities based around the book Opening explorers Give each child a four-box grid to complete as they are reading the opening of the story. This will Step through the droplets and let Marina take you on a journey of emotional discovery, with Susan Cahill’s magical portal story BOOK TOP I C JO CUMMI NS Cover © Holly Ovenden T E ACH RE AD I NG & WR I T I NG Book topic KS2 Published by Everything with Words, October 2023 The World Be tween the R in