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Where I Want to Be

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Book: Hardcover | 5.70 x 8.58in | 160 pages | ISBN 9780399237836 | 21 Apr 2005 | Putnam Juvenile | 10 - AND UP years
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Where I Want to Be

Once, Jane was the big sister, teaching Lily to play make believe and protecting her from thunderstorms. But then Lily grew up. She started making friends and dating boys, while Jane wanted to go on playing make believe forever. For Jane, the line between fantasy and reality had always blurred, whereas Lily lived for a future bright with expectation and change. Inevitably, the sisters found a gulf widening between them-Lily reveling in her newfound love, while Jane could only watch, frustrated, from the sidelines. How had her little sister managed to eclipse her?

 

Then tragedy struck. But the story was not over. . . .

 

Adele Griffin has crafted a spellbinding book, told in the alternating voices of two very different sisters dwelling on opposite sides of life and death, who are bravely trying to overcome the void and bring light to each other.

 

"Lily’s family has been locked in silent grieving since the death of Lily’s older sister, Jane…while Lily finds solace in the loving support of her boyfriend, Caleb….A tale about complicated sibling relationships as well as the hard work of moving on after bereavement, this is a tender and nuanced exploration of sisterhood and self." Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

National Book Award: Finalist 2005

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