Sister Mine

By Nalo Hopkinson

Categories: Literature & Fiction

Sister Mine is a fantasy novel by Nalo Hopkinson, published in 2013. Makeda and Abby are formerly conjoined twins, born to a demigod father and a human mother. Abby has inherited magic, while Makeda has not, and she tries to build her own life in Toronto. When their father disappears, the sisters must work together with their divine relatives to find him. The novel draws on Caribbean folklore and won the Andre Norton Award.

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• John Green: “My favorite novels about conjoined twins (or formerly conjoined twins) are “Sister Mine,” by Nalo Hopkinson, and “God’s Fool,” by Mark Slouka.”