Sisters, Friends, and Enemies

 By Curtis Sittenfeld, Grade 10, Groton School, MA
Growing up, growing apart, and saying good-bye.
Genre  Short Story   Topic  Family, Jealousy, Body Image, Death

The narrator writes about the sister she envies--a beautiful, selfish girl whose eating disorder eventually kills her.

ID 30100   Published in Merlyn's Pen Volume 8, Issue 1  

Also appears in these Merlyn's Pen publications:

Taking Off and Other Coming Of Age Stories

Has been reprinted and/or translated in these countries:

Austria, China, Holland, Hong Kong, Japan, Taiwan

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