Identical

Beneath their perfect family façade, twin sisters struggle alone with impossible circumstances and their own demons until they finally learn to fight for each other in this poignant tour de force from #1 New York Times bestselling author Ellen Hopkins.

Sixteen-year-old 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. Underneath run very deep and damaging secrets. What really happened in the car accident that Daddy caused? And why is Mom never home, always running far away to pursue some new dream?

The girls themselves have become hopelessly divided over the years. Sick of losing Daddy's game of favorites, Raeanne turns to painkillers, alcohol, and sex to dull her pain her anger. Kaeleigh tries to be her father's perfect little flower, but being the misplaced focus of his sexual attention has her seeking control anywhere she can--even if it means cutting herself and unhealthy binge and purge eating.

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

Author: Ellen Hopkins
Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books
Published: 08/26/2008
Pages: 576
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 7.10h x 5.20w x 1.90d
ISBN: 9781416950059
Audience: Young Adult

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


Award: Young Reader's Choice Award - Nominee
Award: Colorado Blue Spruce Award - Nominee


Review Citation(s):
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

About the Author
Ellen Hopkins is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of numerous young adult novels, as well as the adult novels such as Triangles, Collateral, and Love Lies Beneath. She lives with her family in Carson City, Nevada, where she has founded Ventana Sierra, a nonprofit youth housing and resource initiative. Follow her on Twitter at @EllenHopkinsLit.