Sloane Sisters
By Anna Carey
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Style. Sabotage. Sisterhood.
When Cate and Andie Sloane's Upper East Side dad met Stella and Lola Childs's British-model mom, nobody thought a transatlantic relationship would last. But then their parents drop the M-bomb—marriage—and it looks like Cate, Andie, Stella, and Lola are going to be one big happy family. Well, big anyway. Meet:
Cate Sloane: She dominates the ninth grade at exclusive Ashton Prep. Tantrum-prone and competitive, Cate would rather wear Laura Ashley every day than be second best at anything. Luckily there's not a rival in sight. Yet.
Andie Sloane: Twelve-year-old Andie desperately wants to walk the runway. Her face is flawless, and boys flock to her like love-struck sheep. There's just one leetle problem: She's only 4' 11". But with a new supermodel stepmom, she'll be voguing in no time. Right?
Stella Childs: With her take-charge attitude and a closet full of supermodel swag, Stella was the It Girl at her London middle school. She's determined to rule Ashton Prep—even if that means dethroning the current queen bee. Can you say British Invasion?
Lola Childs: London boys called gawky Lola "Sticks," but she's got a new mission in Manhattan: boyfriend or bust! With the help of her boy-magnet stepsister, Lola sets her sights on supercute Kyle Lewis. Too bad Kyle's only got eyes for . . . Andie.
Anna Carey
Anna Carey graduated from New York University and has an MFA in fiction from Brooklyn College. She lives in Los Angeles.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This was a really great tween book. It had just enough drama and girl fights to really make the book good. I did have a problem with keeping the girls straight for some reason. About half way through the book I did finally keep Cate and Stella seperated and figure out who they were. But even after finishing the book I am still having a hard time remembering Andie and Lola's characters. I think it is because all of the girls are so much alike. Cate and Stella are the fashion divas and want to be popular. While Andie and Lola are both the outcasts in each side of the family and want to be like their older sister. Saying that I did think that this book was really good. It starts off with Stella and Lola moving to the US with their mom who is going to marry Cate and Andie's dad. You think they are going to get along at the beginning but then things change and it gets so bad that their parents wedding is called off. Only to have the girls come together for a very emotional and cute ending. This is a great read for any tween or adult.
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Sloane Sisters - Anna Carey
PROLOGUE
Once upon a time there lived four beautiful, fabulous sisters. Except they aren’t sisters yet. And that once upon a time? Well, it’s now.
There are a lot of stories about girls in New York City, but nothing beats a modern fairy tale. And no place is more magical than Manhattan, with its glittering skyscrapers, stately town houses, and glamorous residents.
Our story begins with Cate and Andie. Their mom died when they were both pretty young. Sounds like the start of a Disney movie, right? Wrong. Cate thinks her past tragedy excuses her present diva attitude. As for Andie, all she wants is to steal the spotlight from her picture-perfect older sister. If only she had a fairy godmother—er, godsister—to help her figure out how….
Across the pond, Stella’s as beautiful and breezy—not to mention social—as a butterfly. Her younger sister Lola? Not so much. But maybe a change of scenery can transform this cheeky caterpillar into a charming beauty. After all, isn’t metamorphosis the most timeless theme of all?
So sit back and enjoy this little bedtime story. And don’t think you know how it’ll all come to a close.
Not all fairy tales have happy endings….
THERE’S NO PLACE LIKE HOME
Stella Childs watched, annoyed, as her twelve-year-old sister Lola held her Burberry cat carrier steady on the black leather seat and peered inside.
Don’t be scared, Heath Bar,
Lola cooed. We’re here! New York Sit-aaaay!
A few whiskers poked out the front of the mesh grate and the giant orange cat mewed. Stella rolled her eyes and turned back toward the window.
Stella, darling, you all right?
Emma Childs glanced across the limo at her oldest daughter, who was sitting on the other side of the cat carrier, tracing a finger over a red line in the Burberry plaid.
Fine.
Just fine. Stella rolled down the tinted window and let the warm wind whip through her shoulder-length blond curls. Times Square flew past outside, with its towering walls of garish billboards. A six-story-high Rolex watch showed the time: 4:07. Which meant it was a little after nine o’clock in London. Robin Lawrence was having a party at his flat in South Kensington, just like he did every year the Friday before school started. He had huge dark brown eyes and wild black hair that looked like it was cut with a machete. He was adorable. Stella should have been there.
Emma kept her green eyes on Stella and unbuttoned the top of her beige cropped trench coat. I’m looking forward to spending the weekend together, getting settled before you girls start school. I missed you both so much this summer.
Stella and Lola had spent the summer in Tuscany with their grandmother, who had moved there ten years ago to grow organic grapes and make her own vinegarlike wine. But anything was better than being stuck in London, where the tabloids were cataloging every detail of their parents’ recent divorce.
Mum, are you going to be on the Ralph Lauren billboards?
Lola asked excitedly, staring up at an advertisement for Calvin Klein tighty-whiteys.
I assume,
Emma replied. But we haven’t started shooting yet, so not for a while.
Stella rolled her eyes. Emma, as British as cricket, tea, and crumpets, was now the face of the most American label on the planet. Soon she’d be eating corn dogs and throwing barbecues for the Fourth of July.
Will you sit front row at their show at Fashion Week?
Lola continued excitedly.
Probably.
Emma just smiled.
When you do, make sure you thank Ralph for ruining my life,
Stella muttered, keeping her eyes on the mustard yellow cab speeding next to them. The little boy in the back seat had his thumb lodged up his nose.
I know this is hard for you, Stella, but New York will be good for us. Winston is so excited to have you here, too,
her mom said softly. I’m glad you’ll finally have a proper introduction.
Stella curled her toes in her Juicy espadrilles. There was that name again—Winston. The first time Stella heard about Winston was in the spring, after Emma got back from signing the Ralph Lauren contract in New York. Stella and Lola had been walking with their mom in Kensington Gardens, watching the miniature sailboats cut across Round Pond, when Emma dropped the news. Stella had only processed a few words—deep connection, New York, magical, banker, two daughters—but it had been enough to know her mum had a boyfriend. And she didn’t want to think about Emma having a deep connection
with anyone.
Five months later, it was clear that Winston wasn’t going to disappear—but Stella intended to stay as far away from him as possible. After all, New York was a city of eight million people. How hard could it be?
Her mother kept her eyes on her older daughter as she finger-combed Lola’s wind-knotted waves. I know you’re angry with me right now,
she said as the limo wove through Central Park, where groups of teenage girls were sprawled on beach blankets, enjoying their lazy Friday afternoons. But moving here is the right thing for all of us. I couldn’t keep you in London a second longer. This job wasn’t just a good opportunity for me—it’s going to be good for all of us. It’s just—
Her mom’s voice cracked.
Stella waited for her to go on, to mention her dad and the affair that had brought them to New York, but she didn’t.
Lola shot Stella a why-do-you-have-to-be-such-a-horrid-person look, but Stella just sneered back. She wasn’t horrid, she was honest.
It was true that London had been awful this past year, but Stella was supposed to go to the Millshire Preparatory School this fall, the most elite school in London. She had already gone shopping with her best friends Pippa and Bridget for outfits for the entire first semester. But now she’d be attending Ashton Prep, an all-girl school where they wore uniforms every day. It was such a waste to leave London now, with a new wardrobe that would only get to come out and play on the weekends.
Stella bit a cuticle. She hated New York City. She hated that she had to leave her friends, her school, her clothes, her life behind. But more than anything, she hated Cloud McClean, that unitard-wearing, pop-singing twit who had stolen her father, Duke Theodore Toddy
Childs, from her mom—from all of them.
After she’d found out that her dad was cheating with the Britney Spears of the U.K., she hadn’t wanted to talk about it or think about it. Even now, Pippa and Bridget were the only two people outside her family who knew why her parents had divorced.
Sorry, Mum,
Stella finally said, so quietly she doubted Emma could hear. Her mom pressed her finger to her temple and sighed. Even when Emma was nervous or upset, she still looked beautiful. Her light blond hair fell just to her shoulders, and her weekly facials gave her skin a permanent glow.
Look!
Lola shouted.
The limo sped north up a wide avenue, and Stella watched the shops pass one by one—Armani, Versace, Donna Karan, Chloé—feeling like she’d spotted a few old friends. Stella slid into the middle seat to look over Lola’s shoulder. A girl with enormous black Gucci sunglasses waltzed out of Donna Karan, clutching a handful of shopping bags from Searle and Prada.
After a few more blocks, they turned down a tree-lined street and pulled over in front of a Victorian that was five stories tall and covered with shiny green ivy. Protruding from one side of it was a brick tower, making it look like a castle. There was a short wrought iron fence out front and a glossy black door with a wide half-moon window above it.
This is it,
Emma told the girls, studying their faces.
Bloody hell,
Stella breathed, staring at the massive brick building.
Stella, language,
her mom said gently.
It’s brilliant!
Lola cried, pushing out the door, cat carrier in hand. Look, Heath Bar!
Her skinny arms strained to lift up the canvas bag so the twenty-pound cat could get a better view. It’s practically a castle!
Heath Bar pushed his pink nose against the mesh and mewed.
This is…our new house?
Stella asked, sliding across the slick seat and stepping out. She loved her town house in West London, a three-story beige building with two pillars on either side of the red front door. But this was grand, a house fit for a princess—a newly transplanted Upper East Side princess.
Mum?
Stella peered into the car. Emma was sitting with her hands on her lap, her face a little pale. Mum?
Right,
Emma said, finally following them onto the sidewalk. The driver, a muscular redheaded man, walked around to the back of the limo and opened the trunk. Emma brought her fingers to the platinum chain around her neck and played with it nervously. I have something to tell you.
Lola spun around and set the carrier on the sidewalk. Heath Bar mewed again. Do we each get our own floor?
she asked, her green eyes wide.
No…
Emma answered slowly, resting her hands on the front of her dark wash A.P.C. jeans. "It was difficult to find a place over the summer, so I thought we could try something a little more…temporary."
This is brilliant, mum, really.
Stella wondered if it had a garden out back or one of those funny lap pools where you could swim forever and always stay in the same place. Maybe living here wouldn’t be so bad after all.
The driver set the four Louis Vuitton suitcases on the sidewalk. Stella grabbed the handle of one of the smaller ones, ready to break down the door.
Stella…
Her mom rested a hand on her shoulder to stop her. This is Winston’s town house. We’re going to be staying with him for a while, here, with his daughters.
"What?" Stella spun around.
Lola pressed her hands to her freckled cheeks.
It’s a trial period,
Emma continued. We’re going to take it day by day and see how we all get along. This way you can start Ashton Prep with the girls on Monday.
Stella squeezed the suitcase handle tight, the leather sticky against her skin. I think you’ll like them, Stella. They’re quite lovely.
Stella looked back at the house, her head spinning. There was a small gold plaque above the mailbox, engraved with the word sloane. The black metal box was filled with mail—the Sloanes’ mail. She peered inside the front window. The foyer was all white marble, with a massive staircase and an ornate silk chair that looked like it had been stolen from Versailles. It was the Sloanes’ foyer—their staircase, their chair. In one of the top windows a girl peered out from behind the curtain.
The house suddenly didn’t seem that incredible.
Lola clapped her hands together quickly in front of her face, the way she always did when she was excited. It was beyond annoying, but right now Lola’s spastic movements were the least of Stella’s problems.
A man opened the door and walked out onto the stone steps. Emma!
he called. He was in his late forties, with salt-and-pepper hair and a tanned, chiseled face. He wore a crisp blue button-down shirt and burgundy penny loafers.
You must be Stella,
Winston said, reaching out his hand. Stella kept her arms firmly at her sides. No way. There was absolutely no way she was going shake this man’s hand, let alone live in his home.
She turned to step back inside the limo, but it was already pulling away from the curb. It isn’t too late, she thought as it stopped at the red light at the end of the block. She could make a run for it. The driver would take her to JFK and she’d get on the next plane back to Heathrow. She’d stroll in the gate of Millshire in her strappy blue sailor dress, flanked by Pippa and Bridget, and they’d have another fabulous year.
But then the light turned green, and the limo disappeared around the corner.
Stella looked back at her mom’s worried face, at Winston’s overtanned-from-a-season-in-the-Hamptons nose, at Lola’s wide green eyes, and then back at the Sloanes’ house. The girl had disappeared from the window.
She let go of her Louis Vuitton carryall and it fell to the sidewalk with a thud. Winston took her limp hand in his and shook it up and down for a good ten seconds, smiling like he was a little dim.
Welcome home!
MIRROR, MIRROR, ON THE WALL, WHO’S THE FAIREST OF THEM ALL?
Cate Sloane tucked her dark brown hair behind her ears and studied herself in the white-framed full-length mirror. Her navy Tory Burch shift with the silver logo button near the collar whispered, Most Likely to Succeed.
Unfortunately, she needed something that screamed, Will Attack if Provoked.
She threw a kelly green cashmere cardigan over her shoulders, but it made her feel like she was celebrating St. Patrick’s Day five months too late. It wasn’t right. Nothing was right anymore. Any second she’d be living with Emma’s daughters—Stella and Lulu. Lulu! She’d already suffered through twelve of her fourteen years with Andie—suck-up, wannabe Andie, so short she could be mistaken for a refugee from Munchkinland. Wasn’t that enough?
She crossed the room to the window, pulling off the sweater and tossing it on the floor. Her floral