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The Secret Language of Sisters

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The Secret Language of Sisters

February 2016

When Ruth Ann (Roo) McCabe responds to a text message while she's driving, her life as she knows it ends. The car flips, and Roo winds up in a hospital bed, paralyzed. Everyone thinks she's in a coma, but Roo has locked-in syndrome --- she can see, hear and understand everything around her, but no one knows it. Mathilda (Tilly) is Roo's sister and best friend. She was the one who texted Roo and inadvertently caused the accident. Now, Tilly must grapple with her overwhelming guilt and her growing feelings for Roo's boyfriend, Newton --- the only other person who seems to get what Tilly is going through.

The Secret Language of Sisters
by Luanne Rice

  • Publication Date: January 31, 2017
  • Genres: Fiction, Young Adult 12+
  • Paperback: 352 pages
  • Publisher: Point
  • ISBN-10: 1338095544
  • ISBN-13: 9781338095548