Two sisters are on either side of a seemingly uncrossable divide. Jane and Lily were close as children but grew apart as they reached adolescence. Never comfortable with social situations, and unable to deal well with change, Jane drew more and more inside herself as she got older while her younger sister moved gracefully through the social minefield of high school. When Lily’s boyfriend, Caleb, entered the picture, Jane’s already fragile sense of security was threatened even more. At the same time, Lily found her older sister’s challenging behavior and constant neediness more than she could sometimes bear. Now Lily is mourning her sister, and agonizing over what she might have done differently to help her be at peace in the world. And Jane is literally a lost soul, wandering the past in hopes of finding the sense of safety that disappeared with the passing of childhood. Told in chapters that alternate between each sister’s story in the present, Adele Griffin’s haunting, ethereal novel paints a sensitive portrait of the impact of mental illness on a family as it chronicles the struggles of the two sisters—one living, one now dead—to let go and move on. (Ages 12–15)