The Other Sister
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Josey Muller can’t believe it when her parents drop an A-bomb: she has a sister! Josey tries to accept Audrey, but feelings of betrayal and jealousy boil over when she learns her older sister is becoming a psychologist—Josey’s life goal. Just when she’s given up on ever feeling like a sister to this stranger, a new side of Audrey is revealed.
Format: Ebook
ISBN: 9780738725406
Publisher: Flux
Tags: Reading Level: Grades 9-12, Interest Level: Grades 9-12, Family
Josey Muller’s regular life—studying with her best friends, planning for the Hollidazzle dance, and gossiping about hot guys—is shaken like a snow globe when her parents drop an A-bomb: she has a sister! Pressured to give up the baby they conceived in high school, her parents are overjoyed to reunite with Audrey. Even Josey’s brothers are cool with it. No longer the only daughter and the “smart one” in the family, Josey struggles to accept her infuriatingly friendly, witty, and talented older sister. But feelings of betrayal and jealousy threaten to boil over when she learns that Audrey is on her way to becoming a psychologist, Josey’s life goal. Just when she’s given up on ever feeling like a sister to this stranger, a new side of Audrey is revealed . . . and their real-life nature versus nurture experiment offers a fresh start for them both.
Copyright: 2007
Page Count: 264
Rights Territory: Worldwide
Lexile: 780L
Categories:
YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Family / Siblings
YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Family / Adoption
YOUNG ADULT FICTION / General
S. T. (Susan Thompson) Underdahl is the author of Remember This and No Man’s Land. In addition to writing, Underdahl is a clinical neuropsychologist specializing in the evaluation and treatment of individuals suffering from brain injury or dementia. She is also a clinical supervisor of graduate students at the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks, where she lives with her family.
This vivid, realistic portrait of a family in transition will hold readers’ interest to the very last page. — SLJ