A last line from Macbeth niggled the back of my brain.
“What’s done is done.”
MEGAN McDONALD is the author of the best-selling Judy Moody series and its companion series starring Judy’s younger brother, Stink. As the youngest of five sisters, she knows all about the real-life ups and downs of sisterhood. Megan McDonald lives in Sebastopol, California.
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either products of the author’s imagination or, if real, are used fictitiously.
Text copyright © 2009 by Megan McDonald
Illustrations copyright © 2009 by Pamela A. Consolazio
Cover photograph (cupcakes) copyright © 2009 by Stacy Brogan/iStockphoto
“The Glory of Love” written by Billy Hill. Used by permission of Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc. International copyright secured.
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, transmitted, or stored in an information retrieval system in any form or by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, taping, and recording, without prior written permission from the publisher.
First electronic edition 2011
The Library of Congress has cataloged the hardcover edition as follows:
McDonald, Megan.
The sisters club: rule of three / Megan McDonald ;
[illustrations by Candlewick Press]. — 1st ed.
p. cm.
Summary: In Acton, Oregon, sisters Alex, Stevie, and Joey take turns telling about their lives, including auditioning for the same part in the school musical, baking contest-worthy cupcakes, and becoming obsessed with Little Women.
ISBN 978-0-7636-4153-5 (hardcover)
[1. Sisters — Fiction. 2. Acting — Fiction. 3. Theater — Fiction. 4. Baking — Fiction. 5. Alcott, Louisa May, 1832–1888. Little women — Fiction. 6. Clubs — Fiction. 7. Family life — Oregon — Fiction. 8. Oregon — Fiction. 9. Humorous stories.] I. Candlewick Press, ill. II. Title.
PZ7.M478419Ru 2009
[Fic] — dc22 2008028859
ISBN 978-0-7636-4830-5 (paperback)
ISBN 978-0-7636-5194-7 (electronic)
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