Half a Sister

By - Kelly McKain

Floor - Floor 3

Published - Usborne, London, 2010

ISBN 10 - 0746091249

ISBN 13 - 9780746091241

Book Status - 1 Qnty Available with us.

Subject - Parent and child

Shelf No - 10

Call Number - 823.92 MCK

Physical Description - 269 pages ; 20 cm

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"Dream sister or total nightmare? Hannah's life is about to change, big style. A warm and gripping read about truth, lies and learning to trust..." - Cathy Cassidy 9 years + Hannah's world is turned upside-down when she discovers that her dad has another daughter, Ellie - which means she has a half-sister! When Ellie's mum is hospitalised following an accident, Ellie comes over from Paris to be looked after by her new half-family. At first, Hannah loves having a half-sister - she's always hated being an only child in her boring, normal family, and Ellie is ultra-cool, ultra-glam and ultra-fun. However, Ellie's exotic, hippyish upbringing clashes with Hannah's conventional family life, and it soon becomes clear that "happy families" may not be such an easy game to play after all... Before long, Hannah is desperate to have her dull family life back, and hatches a plan to pack Ellie off to Paris. But it isn't until she meets Ellie's troubled mother that Hannah comes to appreciate just how special her "boring", "normal" family really are. A humorous and heartbreaking story about learning that, while you can't always get what you want, with a little bit of understanding and a whole lot of compromise, sometimes you can get what you need.

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