My Sister Sif

Fourteen-year-old Erika and her older sister Sif are desperately homesick, and want to flee their life in the city. Their island home, Rongo, and their family are calling to them.

Arriving on Rongo, a green dot in the Pacific, they find the locals frightened by changes to their world, and cracks forming in their once-perfect home. Even in this paradise, Erika and her family feel the threat of the encroaching world.

And it isn't only Erika's home that needs her attention. Henry Jacka, a young American shell-collector, catches Sif's eye and uncovers a long-guarded family secret Only the determined Erika can prevent him from revealing it.

Ruth Park's prophetic tale, My Sister Sif, is a distinctive, much-loved classic by one of Australia's most highly acclaimed authors. It will appeal to whole new generation of young Australian readers.