By: Margaret Peterson Haddix Publisher: Aladdin Average Rating: Binding: Paperback Label: Aladdin Number of Items: 1 Number of Pages: 192 Publication Date: March 27, 2007 Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Product Description: So my only protection is a kindergarten teacher and a ninety-eight-pound female minister....And they don't even believe I'm in danger.
As Bethany approaches her thirteenth birthday, her parents act more oddly than usual. Her mother cries constantly, and her father barely lets Bethany out of his sight. Then one morning he hustles the entire family into the car, drives across several state lines -- and leaves Bethany with an aunt she never knew existed. Bethany has no idea what's going on. She's worried her mom and dad are running from some kind of trouble, but she can't find out because they won't tell her where they are going.
Bethany's only clue is a few words she overheard her father tell her aunt: "She doesn't know anything about Elizabeth." But Aunt Myrlie won't tell Bethany who Elizabeth is, and she won't explain why people in her small town react to Bethany as if they've seen a ghost. The mystery intensifies when Bethany gets a package from her father containing four different birth certificates from four different states, with four different last names -- and thousands of dollars in cash. And when a strange man shows up asking questions, Bethany realizes the's not the only one who's desperate to unravel the secrets of her past.
Double Identity by Margaret Peterson Haddix Very good book. I enjoyed it. The kind of book that's hard to put down. I read it in a day.
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Double Identity Book Review Bethany Cole is an intelligent 12 year old girl. Although, her parents are not your average family; her mother cries endlessly, while her father attempts to support her and make her feel better. One day was definitely not average for Bethany. Her and her family took off driving. She tried to remember each and every state that they ventured through, but lost track once they reached some of the "I" states. The entire road trip her mother was in dreadful tears and her father was driving silently. Bethany had no idea where they were going, or who they were meeting. She was dumbfounded as they reached an old white house. Her father left the car to meet a woman at the door. They talked for a couple minutes and then asked Bethany to head inside. She said goodbye to her bawling mother, grabbed her bags, and went into the stranger's house without being followed by her parents. Later in the novel, Bethany comes to find that the stranger is her Aunt Myrlie, who had a visiting daughter named Joss. She and her family search for the clues as to why her parents left her. They soon learn the facts as others turn up. Bethany's parents had left her because one of their old friend's had just gotten released from jail. This mattered to them because her dad promised this man that he would clone him. Walter, her father, never cloned his friend, but instead, using his own knowledge, cloned his daughter, Elizabeth. What Bethany did not know, was that her parents had had a child before her, twenty years ago, but she was killed in a car wreck. Walter had been saving some of Elizabeth's cells and froze them. Bethany was not a normal child; she is a clone of Elizabeth. This is a great book and has many intense scenes along with mysteries throughout the entire novel. I recommend this book for any mystery lover. I give this book a rating of 4 out of 5 stars. To reach 5 stars, this novel could have added a little more interaction between each character.
Surprising twist! Bethany starts to wonder what is going on when her parents dump her at her aunt's place, with numerous fake I.D.'s. She and her family seem to be being tracked, but she doesn't know why. With quite a bit of investigation she finally uncovers the truth: she is an illegal clone and her parents have been raising her as the daughter they have lost. An enjoyable book, and I did not guess at all the turns the plot would take.
A page-turner. Right before her 13th birthday, Bethany's parents drop her off with an aunt she has never met. They leave her with no explanation and no way to contact them. Bethany's questions lead her to discover more family secrets than she ever imagined her boring parents could have. Who is Bethany--really? The answer to that question might well destroy her forever.
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