Sisters in Sanity

A Young Adult General Fiction Novel by Gayle Forman

Subgenres:

Coming-of-Age,
Friendship Fiction,
Boarding School

Published 2007

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Stories set in harsh treatment centers for rebellious teens
Found family bonds forged under pressure
Girls fighting back against controlling authority figures

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Sisters in Sanity is a story of sisterhood and self-discovery that's perfect for fans of Sarah Dessen, Morgan Matson, and Siobhan Vivian.

Britt Hemphill doesn't know who she can trust. Her free-spirit mother has disappeared, and her father, once Britt's partner in crime, has remarried and shipped her off to Red Rock, a so-called treatment facility for troubled girls. And the counselors at Red Rock? They're completely insane.

Britt's horror at the "therapy"—vicious name-calling and grueling physical labor—is second only to her hatred for the backstabbing patients, who win privileges by ratting each other out.

But when V, Bebe, Martha, and Cassie, the four girls who keep Britt from going over the edge, help her sneak out to go see Jeb, her maybe-more-than-friends bandmate, she starts to believe that there may actually be people who can help her—and people that she can help by taking down Red Rock.

Sisters in Sanity perfectly captures the feeling of being trapped in a world that refuses to understand you—and fighting back.

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