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Missing Sisters
Publisher
Harper Collins
Publication Year
2009
ISBN
9780061232039
Pages
152 pages
Genre
realism
Format
chapter book
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
Twelve-year-old Alice, an orphan who has never been adopted because of her physical handicap and difficult personality, is shocked to discover she has an identical twin sister living nearby.
Grade Level
3-5
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Disability and Health; Adoption; Foster care; Physical disability; orphan; orphanage; foster home; adoptive parents; adopted child; hearing loss; speech impediment
Main Character
female child
Race/Ethnicities
White
Family Formation
caretaker (nuns); mother and father
Awards
Kirkus Book Review Stars, 1994
Keywords
Catholic orphanage; twins; separated sibilings; school play; My Fair Lady; summer camp; New York
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Maguire, Gregory, "Missing Sisters" (2009). Diverse Families. 1685.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/1685