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Gr 9 Up—Shirley Jackson meets E. Lockhart's We Were Liars in this literary gothic novel. Teenage sisters July and September, less than ten months apart in age, were named for their birth months. Older sister September has always been in charge, with July dutifully taking a supporting role. Following a mysterious and sinister event, the girls move with their depressed single mother (she is Indian; their father is Danish) to a creepy old family home on the shore. The events that l...Log In or Sign Up to Read More