title: The Big Sister (English and Swedish Edition)
author:  Siv Widerberg 
description: Kindergarten-Grade 2-- A disturbing book that offers a look at sibling rivalry. The text lists all the advantages a big sister has over her younger sister, and then ends abruptly with big sister crying because she isn't the youngest in the family. The text depicts a vindictive little sister who cuts her sibling's longer jump rope and steals her shinier marbles. One especially nasty picture involves an attack with a hockey stick. Only the negative aspects of sisterhood are revealed here, and both sisters are so obnoxious that it's impossible for readers to care about either one of them. The end scene, showing the mother and the little sister comforting the big sister, strikes a false note after the hostility of the preceding pages. The destructive nature of jealousy is aptly depicted, but without the balance of shared joys and love, the book leaves a bleak, depressing impression. Big Sisters Are Bad Witches (Greenwillow, 1981; o.p.) by Morse Hamilton and Do I Have to Take Violet? (Dodd, 1987) by Sucie Stevenson provide accurate but more positive approaches to sibling relationships. --Lori A. Janick, Parkwood Elementary School, Pasadena, TX<br />Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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  >  _For my big sister, Megan, for everything._
  
  >  _I don’t want learning, or dignity, or respectability. I want this music,
  > and this dawn, and the warmth of your cheek against mine._
  
  > —Rumi
  
   **PART I**
  
  >  _You can keep as quiet as you like, but one of these days somebody is going
  > to find you._
  
  > Haruki Murakami, _1Q84_
  
  (Twenty years ago)
  
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   _The New York Times_
  
  THE GIRL WHO CAN’T BE TOUCHED  
  by William Colton
  
  At first glance, Jubilee Jenkins is your run-of-the-mill third grader. She can
  name all three Powerpuff Girls gracing the f