No Sisters Sisters Club: A Bailey Fish Adventure

by Linda Salisbury and Christopher Grotke

Book Overview

This sequel to The Wild Women of Lake Anna; is part of an award-winning adventure series for ages 8-12. This book was a silver finalist in the Florida Publishers Association book contest. Bailey Fish,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1881539407
• ISBN13: 9781881539407
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: Tabby House
• Length: 194 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.8" x 7.4"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

Great book for girls!

Reviewed by India Furney (age 12) for Reader Views (12/07) Eleven-year-old Bailey hasn't seen her Dad since he left when she was one. Now, all of a sudden, he turns up on Sugar's (Bailey's grandma) doorstep AND he has with him Bailey's half-sister that she didn't even know existed! Her name is Norma Jean and she looks perfect, perfect hair, perfect smile and Bailey hates her! When Norma Jean comes to stay, Bailey creates the NO SISTERS SISTERS CLUB with her two best friends, Emily and Amber. No sisters allowed and that includes Norma Jean! Eventually, Bailey decides that having a sister isn't so bad after all. I liked "No Sisters Sisters Club" a lot and really enjoyed reading it. I could relate to the Sisters Club because I have three friends and we call ourselves "sisters." I think this is great for girls ages 8-13. Make comment on weblog

Recommended for young readers ages 8 to 12

Because her mother travels, 11-year-old Bailey stays with her grandmother in central Virginia. The surprise arrival of her father and an annoying half-sister Norma Jean sets in motion the creation of a club with Bailey's friends (who are more like sisters to her than Norma Jean) to which her step-sister is not allowed to join. Then there is the problem of Justin (who used to bully Bailey), a cat-snatcher, and a man trying to burn down an old house. But more than any of these issues, is Bailey's father meaning to kidnap her and take her away from her grandmother while her mother is away? No Sisters Sisters Club is the sequel to Linda Salisbury's The Wild Women Of Lake Anna and continues the "Bailey Fish Adventure" series which is especially recommended to young readers ages 8 to 12.

New Salisbury mystery a read for all ages

New Salisbury mystery a read for all ages James Abraham Literary Critic Charlotte Sun-Herald The last time we saw Bailey Fish, she was learning how to live with a new family member, her grandmother, after the 12-year-old's divorced mother had shipped her off to live with Grandma Sugar. That was in "The Wild Women of Lake Anna," the first Bailey Fish book by former Charlotte Harbor resident Linda Salisbury. Now Bailey's back with new problems in "No Sisters Sisters Club," (8:95, Tabby House). The title should be clue enough to Bailey's problems. But first some background. Her mother, a journalist, decided to send Bailey from her Florida home to live with her grandmother while pursuing an assignment in South America. Like most young children, Bailey's foremost fear was that of losing her friends and having to make new ones in a new land. But her Virginia grandmother, who's as sweet as her appellation, soon wins her over, As those familial pains are resolved and Bailey blossoms in her new home, she helps solve an environmental mystery by tracking down the miscreant who had been poisoning the lake of the title. In that book Salisbury did a good job of presenting a writer's palimpsest, a story layered over another tale, which appealed to readers of various bents. Those who were big on feeling empathized with the displaced Bailey, while readers with a love for mystery and adventure found common cause with detective Bailey. Salisbury repeats that syncopated storytelling style in ""Sisters," as Bailey's adjustment to more members of a family she barely knew is juxtaposed with her struggle against land pirates. Imagine waking up one day and finding out that you suddenly had a father and three siblings as well. Worse, one of them was a sister, who would be coming to stay at your place and paw over your things. Well, that's about the size of the challenge facing Bailey, who must overcome the demons in her nature to learn to accept the new elements of her family. How she does so is played out against the backdrop, literally, of an old, abandoned house on land an unscrupulous developer would love to buy. In crafting a juvenile thriller with a heart, Salisbury shows that she understands the craftiness of writing. Plot is key, but a plot alone is not enough. Readers must be made to feel for the lead characters. The plot must act as resistance training, pushing the main character to exhibit new muscles of the head, heart and soul. Bailey's initial reaction to meeting her long-lost father and her half-sister is churlish, but also predictable. How would any of us react if suddenly confronted with family we never knew? Sure, as adults we may be cordial and may even welcome some new blood in such circumstances. But for a child, such a revelation carries with it threats and dangers of displacement and disorientation. Hence the early challenge, which Bailey must surmount to not only be a better person, but to also move the book along. Bailey pulls a Columb