About This Book
Reach for this book when your teen is grappling with a significant loss of independence or a shifting sense of self after a physical or emotional trauma. Set against the backdrop of a vintage traveling carnival, the story follows Isabel, a conjoined twin who must navigate the world alone for the first time after a separation surgery leads to her sister's death. This graphic novel explores the heavy reality of grief and disability through a lens of magical realism, as Isabel's sister remains present as a ghostly phantom limb. It is a sophisticated, somber, yet ultimately resilient look at reclaiming identity. Parents should choose this for mature middle or high schoolers who appreciate historical settings and are ready to discuss the ethics of medical intervention and the complexity of sibling bonds.
