The Secret Language of Sisters

New York Times bestselling adult author Luanne Rice makes her dazzling YA debut with this gorgeous, unputdownable story of love, hope, and redemption.

When Ruth Ann (Roo) McCabe responds to a text message while she's driving, her life as she knows it ends. The car flips, and Roo winds up in a hospital bed, paralyzed. Silent. Everyone thinks she's in a coma, but Roo has locked-in syndrome -- she can see and hear and understand everything around her, but no one knows it. She's trapped inside her own body, screaming to be heard.Mathilda (Tilly) is Roo's sister and best friend. She was the one who texted Roo and inadvertently caused the accident. Now, Tilly must grapple with her overwhelming guilt and her growing feelings for Roo's boyfriend, Newton -- the only other person who seems to get what Tilly is going through.But Tilly might be the only person who can solve the mystery of her sister's condition -- who can see through Roo's silence to the truth underneath. Somehow, through medicine or miracles, will both sisters find a way to heal?

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Point
Published: 02/23/2016
ISBN: 9780545839556
Pages: 352
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.60w x 1.30d

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 11/15/2015
Publishers Weekly 11/09/2015
School Library Journal 12/01/2015 pg. 114
Booklist 01/01/2016 pg. 84
Voice of Youth Advocates 02/01/2016 - Recommended - Better Than Most
Romantic Times 03/01/2016 pg. 35 - Excellent
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2017 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 180454 / Secret Language of Sisters
Reading Level: 5 / Interest Level: Middle Grade Plus / Point Value: 13