My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece
Author | : Annabel Pitcher |
Publisher | : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers |
Total Pages | : 137 |
Release | : 2012-08-14 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780316201858 |
ISBN-13 | : 0316201855 |
Rating | : 4/5 (58 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: My sister Rose lives on the mantelpiece. Well, some of her does. A collarbone, two ribs, a bit of skull, and a little toe. !--StartFragment-- To ten-year-old Jamie, his family has fallen apart because of the loss of someone he barely remembers: his sister Rose, who died five years ago in a terrorist bombing. To his father, life is impossible to make sense of when he lives in a world that could so cruelly take away a ten-year-old girl. To Rose's surviving fifteen year old twin, Jas, everyday she lives in Rose's ever present shadow, forever feeling the loss like a limb, but unable to be seen for herself alone. Told with warmth and humor, this powerful novel is a sophisticated take on one family's struggle to make sense of the loss that's torn them apart... and their discovery of what it means to stay together. !--EndFragment--