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All fourteen-year-old Alison Shandling feels the weight of perfection while her parents devote every attention to her autistic twin brother, Adam. The arrival of Harry Roth, the rabbi’s son, brings teasing and rivalry, but when Harry is injured in a diving accident, Alison senses he is hiding something he wishes to share. As she digests this revelation, she begins to see herself as the key person for its disclosure, prompting her to confront her own assumptions about family, disability, and identity.
First publish date: 1994
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Adventure
Authors: Nancy Werlin
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