Risk and Roses

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Risk and Roses

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Set back in time to 1948, eleven-year-old Skip moves to the Bronx with her family. Skip has an older sister, Angela, who is mentally retarded. Skip's parents expect her to keep an eye on her sister Angela all the time. But Skip wants to be free to pursue a new friendship with another girl, Jean, who is daring, exciting, and who seems to run the neighborhood. Read this book to find out whether Jean is a good friend to Skip. How does Jean get Skip and Skip's sister, Angela, in trouble? What happened to Kaminsky's roses?

By Jan Slepian. New York, NY: Philomel Books. 1990. 175 Pages. Fiction. Suggested ages 9+. (Sibling with a disability)

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