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Booklist: Sisters
Here are some fantastic stories about what it means to be a sister and to have sisters.

Classics
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen
Sense & Sensibility by Jane Austen
All-of-a-Kind Family series by Sydney Taylor

Picture Books
Mermaid Sister by Mary Ann Fraser

For ages 8 and up
The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall
- Sequel: The Penderwicks on Gardam Street
Cornelia and the Audacious Escapades of the Somerset Sisters by Lesley M.M. Blume
The Steps by Rachel Cohn
- Sequel: Two Steps Forward
The Ramona books by Beverly Cleary
Shug by Jenny Han
Runaround by Helen Hemphill
Piper Reed, Navy Brat by Kimberly Willis Holt, illustrated by Christine Davenier
The Sisters Impossible by J.D. Landis
Rules by Cynthia Lord
The Maggie Valley books by Kerry Madden
- Gentle's Holler
- Louisiana's Song
- Jessie's Mountain
The Baby-Sisters Club series by Ann M. Martin, especially:
- #7 Claudia and Mean Janine
- #14 Hello, Mallory
- #24 Kristy and the Mother's Day Surprise
- #31 Dawn's Wicked Stepsister
- #112 Kristy and the Sister War
The Sisters Club by Megan McDonald
- Sequel: The Sisters Club: Rule of Three
Yours Truly, Skye O'Shea by Megan Shull
Tru Confessions by Janet Tashjian
The Hollywood Sisters series by Mary Wilcox

For ages 12 and up
What Happens Here by Tara Altebrando
Just Listen by Sarah Dessen
Stay with Me by Garret Freymann-Weyr
The Year My Sister Got Lucky by Aimee Friedman
The Key to the Golden Firebird by Maureen Johnson
Suite Scarlett by Maureen Johnson
- Sequel: Scarlett Fever (February 2010)
Peace, Love, and Baby Ducks by Lauren Myracle
A Summer to Die by Lois Lowry
All Rivers Flow to the Sea by Alison McGhee
The Dashwood Sisters' Secrets of Love by Rosie Rushton
The Avery Sisters trilogy by Rachel Vail
- Lucky
- Gorgeous
- Brilliant (May 2010)

There are plenty of adult titles as well, such as My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult. Thanks to the anonymous folks who reminded me to add it to this list.


I dedicate this booklist to my own sister. :)


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[info]millymarie
2007-12-26 06:28 am UTC (link)
I just got Pride and Prejudice today for Christmas! I can't wait to start reading it. Ahhh one of my favorite female characters Ramona. I haven't read those books in ages.

Have you ever read other books by Ann M. Martin? I love TBSC of course. But a while ago I read A Corner of the Universe and it's really good.

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[info]slayground
2007-12-26 08:35 pm UTC (link)
Enjoy P&P! I think you'll like it.

I've read most of Ann's books - BSC, a handful of California Diaries, her earlier novels and some of her more recent novels - but none of The Kids in Ms. Colman's Class and only a few BSC Little Sister, and I have yet to read the Doll duo. Here, let me use Wikipedia to pull up a chronological list of her stand-alone or short-sequence novels and bold what I have read:

* Bummer Summer (1983)
* Inside Out (1984)
* Stage Fright (1984)
* Me and Katie (the Pest) (1985)
* With You and Without You (1986)
* Missing Since Monday (1987)
* Just a Summer Romance (1987)
* Slam Book (1987)
* Ten Kids, No Pets (1988)
* Yours Turly, Shirley (1988)
* Ma and Pa Dracula (1989)
* Eleven Kids, One Summer (1991)
* Rachel Parker, Kindergarten Show-off (1992)
* Leo the Magnificat (1996)
* P.S. Longer Letter Later (1998) (with Paula Danziger)
* Snail Mail No More (2000) (with Paula Danziger)
* The Doll People (2001) (with Laura Godwin)
* Belle Teal (2001)
* A Corner of the Universe (2002; named 2003 Newbery Honor book)
* The Meanest Doll in the World (2003) (with Laura Godwin)
* Here Today (2004)
* A Dog's Life: The Autobiography of a Stray (2005)
* On Christmas Eve (2006)
* Welcome to Camden Falls (2007)
* Needle and Thread (2007)
* 'Tis the Season (2007)

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[info]millymarie
2007-12-27 06:50 pm UTC (link)
That's pretty awesome. Sadly, I only have A Corner of the Universe (among many BSC books of course and the Little Sister editions). I wish they made it easier to buy old books. Uggg I've been trying hard to find books for the California Diaries. What did you think of the CD? The series seemed to have mixed reviews.

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[info]slayground
2007-12-27 10:56 pm UTC (link)
The California Diaries were definitely different - edgier - which I liked, and found it ironic that her series with two Sunshines was the series that finally showed that life wasn't always happy, as those books didn't always have happy endings.

I hope you track down some of her earlier books. Some are fun and silly, others are more serious.

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[info]davidlubar
2007-12-26 02:00 pm UTC (link)
A Summer to Die is my favorite Lowis Lowry book. It's nice to see it on your list.

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[info]slayground
2007-12-26 08:31 pm UTC (link)
Hi David! Happy holidays.

I love that book. It's incredibly sad, yet I read it over and over again as a kid. It's one of my favorite Lowrys as well, alongside Number the Stars.

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[info]davidlubar
2007-12-27 03:09 pm UTC (link)
Happy holidays to you, too. Another Lowry favorite of mine that is also somewhat overlooked is Taking Care of Terrific. All her stuff is great. My first encounter with her was by way of Anastasia Krupnick (sp?).

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[info]slayground
2007-12-27 05:53 pm UTC (link)
I love the Anastasia books!

I feel that Rabble Starkey is overlooked too.

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[info]charlotteslibrary.blogspot.com
2009-01-10 06:49 pm UTC (link)
Nice list! Here two of my favorite sisters books:

The Exiles and its sequels, by Hilary McKay

Not a Swan by Michelle Magorian

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[info]slayground
2009-01-13 02:54 am UTC (link)
Thanks! I'll have to look those up!

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Other Books
(Anonymous)
2009-01-13 02:53 am UTC (link)
Here's another great book about what it means to be a sister: "My Sister's Keeper" by Jodi Picoult. I read this when I was 12 and cried for a couple hours after finishing it...and I've reread it a million times and still cry after each reading. Trust me, you will love this book. Jodi Picoult amazingly captures what it means to be a sister and how strong that relationship is.

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Re: Other Books
[info]slayground
2009-01-13 02:54 am UTC (link)
I liked My Sister's Keeper as well. I read it years ago, but was discussing it just this weekend, and again today. Good timing.

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