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Alice's life is about to change. She's a skinny orphan. She's never been able to hear too well. And she can't speak too well, either. The only person who seems to care for her - one of the nuns at the orphanage - gets taken away from Alice in a freak accident. And then one day somebody calls Alice by the wrong name. Miami, she says. Miami Shaw. Miami Shaw, who may be Alice's twin sister. Who lives only a few miles away. Who has what Alice has always dreamed of - a whole wonderful family. But is there a place in that family for Alice? From best-selling author Gregory Maguire comes a funny, heartrending story of the strength of sisterhood and the struggle to find a family of one's own.

She's a skinny orphan. She's never been able to hear too well. And she can't speak too well, either. The only person who seems to care for her—one of the nuns at the orphanage—gets taken away from Alice in a freak accident.And then one day somebody calls Alice by the wrong name.Miami, she says.Miami Shaw.Miami Shaw, who may be Alice's twin sister. Who lives only a few miles away.Who has what Alice has always dreamed of—a whole wonderful family. But is there a place in that family for Alice?

Alice's life is about to change.She's a skinny orphan. She's never been able to hear too well. And she can't speak too well, either. The only person who seems to care for her—one of the nuns at the orphanage—gets taken away from Alice in a freak accident. And then one day somebody calls Alice by the wrong name.Miami, she says.Miami Shaw.Miami Shaw, who may be Alice's twin sister. Who lives only a few miles away.Who has what Alice has always dreamed of—a whole wonderful family. But is there a place in that family for Alice?From bestselling author Gregory Maguire comes a funny, heartrending story of the strength of sisterhood and the struggle to find a family of one's own.

She's a skinny orphan. She's never been able to hear too well. And she can't speak too well, either. The only person who seems to care for her—one of the nuns at the orphanage—gets taken away from Alice in a freak accident.And then one day somebody calls Alice by the wrong name.Miami, she says.Miami Shaw.Miami Shaw, who may be Alice's twin sister. Who lives only a few miles away.Who has what Alice has always dreamed of—a whole wonderful family. But is there a place in that family for Alice?

From best-selling author Gregory Maguire comes a touching novel about twelve-year old Alice Colossus, an orphan. Raised by nuns, one day someone calls Alice by the wrong name. After a bit of detective work, Alice discovers she has a twin sister, who lives with a family just a few miles away - living the life that Alice has always dreamed of. With the same masterful use of language that Maguire brings to his adult titles, Missing Sisters delivers a funny, heartwrenching story of the strength of sisterhood and the struggle to find a family of one's own