Jacob Have I Loved

Jacob Have I Loved is a great book for any child that resents their siblings, because that’s how this twin sister relationship is best described. Sara Louise recalls her difficult adolescence on Rass Island and her intense jealousy of her own twin sister Caroline. Caroline is a selfish, over protected person and Sara Louise feels like her life is based on competing with the most admired sister Caroline. Caroline always got what she wanted and was considered to be the attractive one, smarter one by her mother and grandmother. Foe example one day before attending church when Sara Louise unexpectedly “became a woman” she stained her Sunday dress and couldn’t go to church, her grandmother had a cocky attitude because she couldn’t attend church that day. But when Caroline had her period she was congratulated That’s just many of the trails that made Sara Louise stronger throughout the book.

Caroline is assumed to be the better sister, but in reality Sara Louise is the independent and strong sister, she never let anything stand in her way. When Caroline needs other people for almost every thing and is surprised when she doesn’t get her way. For example, Sara