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by Crossan, Sarah.

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Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2015.

Conjoined twins -- Fiction.

Twins -- Fiction.

Sisters -- Fiction.

High school students -- Fiction.

Operations, Surgical -- Fiction.

Alcoholic fathers -- Fiction.

Carnegie Medal.

9780062118752 (hc.)

0062118757 (hc.)

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393 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Despite problems at home, sixteen-year-old conjoined twins Tippi and Grace are loving going to school for the first time and making real friends when they learn that a cardiac problem will force them to have separation surgery, which they have never before considered.

"Tippi and Grace. Grace and Tippi. For them, it's normal to step into the same skirt. To hook their arms around each other for balance. To fall asleep listening to the other breathing. To share. And to keep some things private. Each of the sixteen-year-old girls has her own head, heart, and two arms, but at the belly, they join. And they are happy, never wanting to risk the dangerous separation surgery. But the girls' body is beginning to fight against them. And Grace doesn't want to admit it. Not even to Tippi. How long can they hide from the truth—how long before they must face the most impossible choice of their lives? Carnegie Medal–nominated author Sarah Crossan gives us a story about unbreakable bonds, hope, loss, and the lengths we will go to for the person we love most."--From publisher.

Grades: 9-up. SLJ.

Winner of the CILIP Carnegie Medal, 2016.

Novels in verse.

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