Bereaved by the death of their parents five sisters live in a seaside villa--growing up together sharing their grief experiences & love Oldest daughter Charlie struggles to care for her sisters in the wake of the accident that took their parents while each of the younger sisters narrates a volume of the series Each girl has her own personality & point of view & reflects some aspect of ourselves back to us Enid age 9 is outgoing with a great sense of humor; Hortense age 11 is shy & likes to be alone; Bettina age 14 is good-hearted but temperamental; Genevieve age 16 is passionate about cooking & boxing This the first volume is narrated by the youngest sister Enid A free spirit she enjoys wandering alone & talking to animals & anything she meets Her best friend Gulliver is like her offbeat & creative When Enid begins hearing ghost-like screams the two friends embark on a scary adventure These sisters are not perfect & they may not always get along but in times of need they can always count on one another Nominated for the Children&s Graphic Novel award at the Angoulême International Comics Festival About the Author Malika Ferdjoukh was born in 1957 in Algeria & has lived in Paris since she was a child While a student at the Sorbonne she often skipped classes in favor of watching American movies at the "cine-club" She writes scripts for television & has published several novels for children including Four Sisters & the multi-volume mysterydetective stories The Rain Club as well as Young Adult novels Broadway Limited & Alfred&s Reel Cati Baur was born in Geneva in 1973 After getting a master&s degree at the Sorbonne she was determined to become a cartoonist An admirer of Claire Bretecher Will Eisner & greatly influenced by the environment in which she worked she started a blog in 2004 in which she shared her daily life with a certain Princess Capiton She published two graphic novels--Holiday & I Quit Smoking--before working with Malika Ferdjoukh on Four Sisters