When She Was Good

By Norma Fox Mazer

Subjects: Emotional problems in fiction, Family violence in fiction, Sisters in fiction, Young adult fiction, Family problems, Child abuse, fiction, Reading Level-Grade 12, Family problems in fiction, Large type books, Reading Level-Grade 9, Death, fiction, New York Times reviewed, Fiction, Children's fiction, Reading Level-Grade 11, Sisters, fiction, Sisters, Mental health, Juvenile fiction, Family violence, Family, fiction, Reading Level-Grade 10, Emotional problems

Description: The death of her abusive, manipulative older sister prompts seventeen-year-old Em to remember their unpleasant life together, with their parents and then later on their own.