My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece
Author(s): Annabel Pitcher
"My sister Rose lives on the mantelpiece.""Well, some of her does.""A collarbone, two ribs, a bit of skull, and a little toe."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.
General Information
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- : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
- : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
- : 0.222
- : 08 October 2013
- : United States
- : books
Other Specifications
- : Annabel Pitcher
- : Paperback / softback
- : 211
More About The Product
* "Compelling and believable...by turns heartbreaking and hysterically funny... This is an important book that could be used in classes and book-discussion groups. Don't let it fall through the cracks." ""School Library Journal "(starred review)""
Annabel Pitcher is the award-winning author of "My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece." She graduated from Oxford University with a degree in English Literature. She lives in Yorkshire with her husband.