The Sister Split
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Publisher Description
A pair of soon-to-be stepsisters creates a plan that will stop their parents from getting married—but they soon learn that matters of the heart can surprise you! This is a fresh sister story evocative of The Parent Trap with LGBTQ themes for the modern reader.
Autumn is looking forward to summer vacation. She and her best friend plan on going to all the best ice cream places their stomachs can handle—and in NYC, the possibilities can’t get any sweeter.
Linnea is still not over the fact that her dad has found love after her parents' divorce. Luckily, she can take out all her feelings on the tennis courts for a winning summer.
But then Autumn and Linnea discover the news: their parents are getting married. Autumn will be moving to the suburbs to live with her soon-to-be stepdad and stepsister, which means kissing the fun summer with her best friend goodbye. For Linnea, she knows her dream of getting her parents back together is officially over.
Devastated, the two of them come up with an idea: if they can split up their parents, their lives can go back to normal. As Autumn and Linnea secretly try to sabotage everything from date nights to wedding planning, the two of them discover that having a sister is not the worst thing after all . . . but will they learn about love in a whole new way?
"A sweet and compelling story on the many unexpected and wonderful shapes love and family can take.”—Rachel Lippincott, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Five Feet Apart
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Soon-to-be stepsisters employ Parent Trap-style hijinks in an effort to break up their newly engaged parents in this middle grade debut from Desombre (I Think I Love You). Twelve-year-old Autumn has an epic summer mapped out, involving New York City outings with best friend Saskia and avoiding game nights with her mother's boyfriend Harrison ("Harristinks," per Autumn) as well as his "boring" 12-year-old daughter Linnea. Those plans implode, however, when her mother announces her engagement to Harrison and the family's upcoming move to his home in Connecticut. Desperate to regain her old life, Autumn hatches a plan to break up her mother and Harrison, roping her soon-to-be stepsister into the scheme, which involves sabotaging moving day and wedding planning. But the longer she shares a room with Linnea, the more her resolve falters, and Autumn's emotions are further complicated by her own confusing feelings for Saskia and her mother's inability to see Autumn's deep, internal struggle with their rapidly changing life. The realistically middle grade voice pairs with a raw, real portrayal of a tween navigating a newly blended family and a burgeoning queer identity. Characters default to white. Ages 8–12.
