Chicago blues
Family stories, Multi-cultural fiction, General fiction, Arts and entertainment
Human-transcribed braille
Summary
Lissa, seventeen, attends art school in Chicago. Her parents are divorced, and her sister, Marnie, eleven, lives with their mother. When her alcoholism worsens, the mother decides she can no longer keep Marnie. Lissa agrees to care for her sister,… but naturally Marnie does not want to leave her mother. The two girls eventually establish a workable relationship, and all is well until their mother decides she wants Marnie back. For grades 6-9