Identical

IdenticalSixteen year old identical twins must come to terms with their darkest secrets in this poignant tour de force from #1 New York Times bestselling author Ellen Hopkins. Do twins begin in the womb? Or in a better place? Kaeleigh and Raeanne are identical down to the dimple. As daughters of a district court judge father and a politician mother, they are an all American family on the surface. Behind the facade each sister has her own dark secret, and

Sixteen-year-old identical twins must come to terms with their darkest secrets in this poignant tour de force from #1 New York Times bestselling author Ellen Hopkins.

Do twins begin in the womb?
Or in a better place?

Kaeleigh and Raeanne are identical down to the dimple. As daughters of a district-court judge father and a politician mother, they are an all-American family -- on the surface. Behind the facade each sister has her own dark secret, and that's where their differences begin.

For Kaeleigh, she's the misplaced focus of Daddy's love, intended for a mother whose presence on the campaign trail means absence at home. All that Raeanne sees is Daddy playing a game of favorites -- and she is losing. If she has to lose, she will do it on her own terms, so she chooses drugs, alcohol, and sex.

Secrets like the ones the twins are harboring are not meant to be kept -- from each other or anyone else. Pretty soon it's obvious that neither sister can handle it alone, and one sister must step up to save the other, but the question is -- who?

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books
Published: 08/26/2008
ISBN: 9781416950059
Pages: 565
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 7.10h x 5.20w x 1.90d
Award: Colorado Blue Spruce Award - Nominee
Award: Young Reader's Choice Award - Nominee

Review Citations: Kirkus Review - Children 07/01/2008 pg. 703
Publishers Weekly 07/07/2008 pg. 59
School Library Journal 08/01/2008 pg. 122
Romantic Times 09/01/2008 pg. 60 - Excellent
Voice of Youth Advocates 10/01/2008 pg. 334 - Recommended - Better Than Most
Kirkus Best Young-Adult Books 12/01/2008 pg. 6
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2009 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 126240 / Identical
Reading Level: 3.8 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 9