My Sister Rosa

My Sister Rosa



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A 2016 Publishers Weekly Best Books of the Year for Young Adults

A Kirkus Reviews Pick for Best Teen Books of 2016

A Shelf Awareness Best Book of 2016

An Edgar Allen Poe Award Nominee for Best Young Adult Novel

An Anthony Award Nominee for Best Children's/YA Book

What if the most terrifying person you know is your ten-year-old sister?

Seventeen-year-old Aussie Che Taylor loves his younger sister Rosa. But he’s also certain that she’s a diagnosable psychopath—clinically, 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. Rosa is smart, talented, pretty, and very good at hiding what she is and the violence she’s capable of.

Their parents, whose business takes the family from place to place, brush off the warning signs as Rosa’s “acting out.” Now that they have moved again—from Bangkok to New York City—their new hometown provides far too many opportunities for Rosa to play her increasingly complex and disturbing games. Alone, Che must balance his desire to protect Rosa from the world with the desperate need to protect the world from her.