TY - BOOK AU - Slepian,Jan TI - Risk n' roses SN - 0399222197 : AV - PZ7.S6318 Ri 1990 U1 - [Fic] 20 PY - 1990/// CY - New York PB - Philomel Books KW - Conduct of life KW - Fiction KW - Friendship KW - Mentally handicapped KW - Moving, Household KW - Sisters KW - sears KW - Human behavior N1 - Booklist starred; School Library Journal starred; Wilson's Junior High School; 6.2; Follett Library Book Co; 6.2; Follett Library Resources; 5-8; 5-8; Follett Library Resources N2 - In 1948, newly-moved to the Bronx, eleven-year-old Skip longs to shed her responsibility for her mentally handicapped older sister and give her whole attention to her new friendship with the bold and daring girl who sems to run the neighborhood ER -