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Sprig, 10, and her older sister Dakota, 12, have the typical sibling relationship. Dakota lords her maturity over Sprig, and Sprig wishes her big sister would conveniently disappear, like smoke into the sky. But the two still need each other while Dad is away in Afghanistan, when best friends let them down, and when cute boys disappoint. This may be a young chapter book but there is plenty of plot and density to the family situation and sibling dynamics. ( )

Perhaps two and three quarter stars. Finicky, yes, but I like to be accurate. ( )

Perhaps two and three quarter stars. Finicky, yes, but I like to be accurate. ( )

Sprig's elder sister Dakota got to be a mean person to Sprig after she got older. A problem gets worse and worse but then Dakota tells the truth to Sprig. This book is perfect to people who want to make their sister disappear. ( )