No Way Never Sisters
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- 予約注文
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- リリース予定日：2026年3月10日
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- ¥1,200
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Two classmates scheme to break their parents up before they get married and ruin the girls’ lives forever in this hijinks-filled middle grade novel.
Melisa Flores and Roxy Romero are not fans of each other. Roxy is sporty while Meli is artsy. Meli keeps her friend circle small while Roxy is pals with everyone. Their little brothers might get along like fruit in a delicious smoothie, but Meli and Roxy do not mix.
So when their parents announce their engagement, the girls are horrified. Previous experience has told them they’ll never be friends, much less sisters. Meli and Roxy decide they have to do something to prevent this future blended family from ruining all their lives.
The girls scheme to show their parents exactly how incompatible their families are by sabotaging the renovations of the house they’re supposed to live happily ever after in. From home improvement store catastrophes to disastrous paint jobs, it’s clear the girls are good teammates when it comes to causing chaos. Could it be enough to convince their parents to call off the wedding?
But as the girls plot to show their parents exactly how incompatible their families are, they start to actually like each other—causing major complications when their plan begins working a little too well…
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Acevedo (The Curse on Spectacle Key) and Sylvester (Breathe and Count Back from Ten) pull a reverse Parent Trap in this effervescent novel about at-odds tweens scheming to sabotage their parents' relationship. Every interaction between sporty, popular Roxana Romero and her artistic, reserved classmate Melisa Flores ends in misunderstandings and hurt feelings. The only thing the 12-year-olds see eye-to-eye on is their mutual dislike of the romantic relationship between Meli's mother and Roxy's father. When their parents announce their engagement—and that the quartet is moving into a fixer-upper that they will spend the summer restoring as a family—the girls resolve to break up the couple by amplifying the adults' differing personalities. As renovations commence, Roxy and Meli find ample opportunities to instigate tension and, to their surprise, discover that they're a good team. But as their plan comes to fruition, they worry they're making a mistake. Throughout Meli and Roxy's distinct alternating perspectives, the authors sprinkle affecting moments of burgeoning sisterhood into comedic mishaps, imparting raw emotional resonance into the frothy anti-rom-com. Both families are Latinx. Ages 8–12. Agents: (for Acevedo) Stéphanie Abou, Massie McQuilkin & Altman; (for Sylvester) Laura Dail, Laura Dail Literary.
