Telgemeier, R. (2014). Sisters.
New York, NY: Scholastic.
Raina is so excited when she finds
out she is going to have a little sister.
When Amara is born she realizes that it is not working like she thought
it would. Baby stuff everywhere,
invading her room, crying, breaking things, ruining things, and on top of that
she is grouchy and just difficult. After a few years a boy is born and Raina
and Amara have to make room for him in their room. The family is taking a road trip from
California to Colorado to visit family and dad will join them there later. As they visit family Raina realizes that the
cousin she wishes was her sister doesn’t know her at all and the sister she has
is the one she needs.
Telgemeier tells us an
autobiographical story about she and her sister as they go on a trip. She uses
a graphic novel format to tell the story.
There are many lessons she learns as she flashes back to when Amara was
born, Will was born, and all of them living in a small apartment and moving
into a house. One lesson is about sibling
love. They can’t stand each other and
fight, but no one else is allowed to treat them badly and they do realize they
love each other and that nothing can take the place of your sister. I could see this in late elementary all the way to high school.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsEXPhq0aIU book trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqy49S48tEQ author talk
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Sisters
by Raina Telgemeier
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