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Adler, C. S.
SPLIT SISTERS
New York : Macmillan, 1986.
IL 5-8 .
ISBN 0027003809 
Eleven year old Casey loves her older sister Jen. The girls are very close to each other and to their mother and stepfather. When their mother gets a promotion at work, life is turned upside down. The new job requires mother to move to New York City. Casey's stepfather does not want to move. In fact, he is considering a career change of his own. This causes conflict in the family and the parents start fighting more and more. Eventually, the parents decide to get a divorce. Mother will leave and move to New York City and Jen will go with her. Casey will stay with her stepfather who is moving onto a house boat as he tries his new career as a cartoonist. Casey desperately wants the family back together. She tries everything she can think of. Will she ever be able to reunite the family that she loves so much? Will Jen grow distant as she grows up? Read SPLIT SISTERS to find out.
SUBJECTS:     Sisters -- Fiction
                        Family life -- Fiction

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