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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>With his family still grieving over his sister's death in a terrorist bombing seven years earlier, 12-year-old Jamie is far more interested in his cat, Roger, his birthday Spider-Man T-shirt, and keeping his new Muslim friend Sunya a secret from his father.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><i>My sister Rose lives on the mantelpiece.</i><i>Well, some of her does.</i><i>A collarbone, two ribs, a bit of skull, and a little toe.</i><br>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. <p/>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.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>* [A] striking debut. Realistic, gritty and uplifting.--<i><b>Kirkus (starred review)</b></i><br><br>* 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.--<i><b>School Library Journal (starred review)</b></i><br><br>* In this powerfully honest, quirkily humorous debut novel...Pitcher tackles grief, prejudice, religion, bullying, and familial instability.--<i><b>Publishers Weekly (starred review)</b></i><br><br>* 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.--<i><b>Booklist (starred review)</b></i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Annabel Pitcher</b> is the award-winning author of <i>My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece </i>and<i> Yours Truly</i>. She graduated from Oxford University with a degree in English Literature. She lives in Yorkshire, England, with her husband, son, and dog.

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