by Justine Larbalestier
appears in Young Adult, Teen, and Teen & Young Adult.
What if the most terrifying person you know is your tenyearold sisterSeventeenyearold Aussie Che Taylor loves his younger sister, Rosa. But he's also certain that she's a psychopathclinically, threateningly, dangerously. Recently Rosa has been making trouble, hurting things. Che is the only one who knows; he's the only one his sister trusts....
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appears in Young Adult, Teen, and Teen & Young Adult.
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Consider The Giver by Lois Lowry. Recommended by 6 sources.
“Lois Lowry uses spare, plain prose to center a single conceit: a supposedly ideal community that controls emotion and memory. The story follows twelve-year-old Jonas as small revelations accumulate into a sharp ethical dilemma, which makes the book useful for conversation and classroom discussion. Its limitation is emotional restraint and deliberate vagueness—many details and characters stay underdefined—so readers who want rich sensory worldbuilding or a tidy conclusion may feel unsatisfied.”
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