My Sister Rosa
Justine Larbalestier

My Sister Rosa
Justine Larbalestier
‘I promise,’ said Rosa. ‘I won’t kill and I won’t make anyone else kill.’ I can’t see the loophole. Since the guinea pig there’s been nothing. Months now without Rosa killing as much as a mosquito… As far as I know…
- He wants to spar, not just train in the boxing gym.
- He wants a girlfriend.
- He wants to go home.
- He wants to keep Rosa under control.
Review
by Isobel Moore
Rosa is ten years old. Rosa is a psychopath. Her older brother Che is the only one that can see it, and is therefore tasked with protecting the world from Rosa. This novel is amazingly, stunningly well-written but not at all for the faint of heart. It’s suspenseful and thrilling and almost too perfectly tense to handle. I actually couldn’t handle it and read the end before going back to my place which shows how stressed out Larbalestier made me! The characterisation is full and detailed, and the story is an interesting take on nature versus nurture.
Isobel Moore is the Children’s Book Buyer at Readings St Kilda.
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