We Could Be Rats

A moving story about two very different sisters, and a love letter to childhood, growing up, and the power of imagination-from the bestselling author ofEveryone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead and Interesting Facts About Space. Sigrid hates working at the Dollar Pal. Having always resisted the ideaof "growing up" and the trappings of adulthood, she did not graduate highschool, preferring to roam the streets of her small town with her best friend,Greta, the only person in the world who ever understood her. Sigrid wasnever close with her older sister, Margit, who is baffled and frustrated bySigrid's inability to conform to the expectations of polite society. Sigrid's detachment veils a deeper turmoil and sensitivity. She's hauntedby the pains of her past-both distant, like when she pretended herparents were swamp monsters when they shook the floorboards with theirviolent arguments, and more recent, as she grapples with losing Greta'sfriendship amid the opioid epidemic ravaging their town. As Margit sets out to understand Sigrid and the secrets she has hidden, both sisters, intheir own time and way, discover that reigniting their shared childhoodimagination is the only way forward. What unfolds is an unforgettable story of two sisters finding their wayback to each other, and a celebration of that transcendent, unshakable bond.