![]() ![]() The story is believable and touching and distinguished by the narrator s voice. But Susan, despite all, remains bright, funny, and self aware with the help of a new and intelligently supportive stepfather and a lively group of school friends. Readers will empathize with Susan s attempt to make sense of her confused world, the loss of her sister, a new school, turmoil at home, and the growing pains of adolescence. Her best friend, Connie, has what could be a wonderful idea or maybe it has the makings of a disaster: if they sign up for the school play, they might end up with dates for the freshman dance. ![]() ![]() Her new school is not all bad, of course, but it is different and puzzling. Susan’s mother has become overly protective, fearful of losing another child. Life has been very confusing since Alison left. A bevy of millers daughters confront their perilous situation in very different ways sometimes comic, sometimes scary. Fourteen year old Susan or, as she prefers to be called, Sybil has been trying to reinvent herself ever since the mysterious disappearance of her older sister, Alison. Vivian Vande Velde has wondered too, and shes come up with these six alternative versions of the old legend. ![]()
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