After Iris

About this book

An unforgettable middle-grade debut that will steal your heart Blue Gadsbys twin sister Iris died three years ago and her family has never been the same. Her histrionic older sister Flora changes her hair color daily; her younger siblings Jasmine and Twig are completely obsessed with their pet rats; and both of her parents spend weeks away from homeand each other. Enter Zoran the Bosnian male au pair and Joss the troublemaking boy next door and life for the Gadsby family takes a turn for the even more chaotic. Blue poignantly captures her familys trials and tribulations from fragmented to fully dysfunctional to ultimately reunited in a sequence of film transcripts and diary entries that will make you cry laugh and give thanks for the gift of families. With the charm of The Penderwicks and the poignancy of When You Reach Me Natasha Farrants After Iris is a story that will stay with readers long after the last page.