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Gr 9-Up This brilliantly written novel centers around a critical weekend in the lives of a brother and sister who have an incestuous relationship. Bee Cooney, 13, is very much aware of the increasing strain that has developed between her 17-year-old brother Jacky and their disabled Vietnam veteran father and anxious, unassertive mother. Bee feels distanced from Jacky, too, and longs to show him that she is on his side. Events come to a head when he refuses to accompany the family to his grandparents' home in the ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More