A review by yapha
Rules for Stealing Stars by Corey Ann Haydu

4.0

Silly (short for Priscilla) is sad about a lot of things. Her family had to leave their home in Boston and move year-round to their summer house in New Hampshire. The move was supposed to help her mom feel better, but she is still drinking and angry and sad. Silly's oldest twin sisters Eleanor and Astrid have their own private group and leave her out, even more so now that Eleanor has a secret boyfriend. Her middle sister Marla is moody and angry like their mother. And her father is consumed by his work. As their mother walks through the house opening and shutting the closets, the sisters learn that there is in fact something magical about this closets. Will what's inside help them and help their mother, like Marla wants? Or will it only succeed in tearing their family further apart? A moving look into the emotional life of a family drenched in sadness. Recommended for grades 5-8.

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