The Secret Language of Sisters

The Secret Language of Sisters by Rice, Luanne. paperback edition. ISBN: 9781338095548.

New York Times bestselling author Luanne Rice makes her dazzling YA debut with this gorgeous, unputdownable story of love, sisters, and redemption. When Ruth Ann (Roo) McCabe responds to a text message while shes driving, her life as she knows it ends. The car flips, and Roo winds up in a hospital bed, paralyzed. Silent. Everyone thinks shes in a coma, but Roo has locked-in syndrome -- she can see and hear and understand everything around her, but no one knows it. Shes trapped inside her own body, screaming to be heard.Mathilda (Tilly) is Roos sister and best friend. She was the one who texted Roo and inadvertently caused the accident. Now, Tilly must grapple with her overwhelming guilt and her growing feelings for Roos boyfriend, Newton -- the only other person who seems to get what Tilly is going through.But Tilly might be the only person who can solve the mystery of her sisters condition -- who can see through Roos silence to the truth underneath. Somehow, through medicine or miracles, will both sisters find a way to heal?