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My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece

By Annabel Pitcher (Hardcover Book, 2012)

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.

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- Format: Hardcover Book
- Price: $17.99 US/$19.99 CAN
- ISBN-13: 9780316176903
- On Sale Date: 08/14/2012
- Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
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My sister Rose lives on the mantelpiece.

Well, some of her does.

A collarbone, two ribs, a bit of skull, and a little toe.

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.

-An ALA 2013 Notable Books for Children Pick
-A Kirkus Best Children's Book List Selection
-"Most Deftly Handled" Atlantic Wire 2012 YA/Middle-Grade Award
* "[A] striking debut. Realistic, gritty, and uplifting." (Kirkus (starred review)).
* "Straddles that fine line between funny and tragic... As a study of grief's collateral damage, it deals with the topic realistically without losing sight of hope." (Booklist (starred review)).
* "In this powerfully honest, quirkily humorous debut novel...Pitcher tackles grief, prejudice, religion, bullying, and familial instability." (Publishers Weekly (starred review)).
* "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)).
"It lives off the page. It has a warmth you can bask in; an honesty you can cut with a knife." (The Guardian UK).