The Secret Language Of Sisters Summary

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The main characters in the book The Secret Language of Sisters, written by Luanne Rice, are Ruth and Matilda McCabe. Ruth, also known as Roo, is a person who is “unfashionably into landscapes” and takes photos of the beautiful scenery around her as a hobby. Along with her best friend Isabel, she is entering the Serena Kader Barrois Foundation Photography Contest. Matilda, Roo’s younger sister, who is better known as Tilly, can be incredibly impatient and annoying. Unlike her older sister, she isn’t very academically smart or strong. In the beginning of the book, Tilly was waiting for her sister to come pick her up from the museum after doing hours of research for a school project. However, Roo, distracted by the winter landscape, is going

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