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A contemporary update sets Jane Austen's classic sister story, Sense and Sensibility, in small-town Barton, Texas. Romance-minded fifteen-year-old Daphne and down-to-earth older sister Gabby couldn't be less alike, but both end up finding their soulmates. The siblings are far less emotionally restrained than Austen's heroines (and the story lacks the original's sly social commentary), but teen romance fans will find it appealing.