Double Identity

Alice R- This book is great if you like clones and a mysteries. I liked it and read the book in three days. My whole book group finished it in two days.

This book wasn't as good as it could have been. It seemed like the plot didn't start until near the end of the book.

The story of a 13 year old girl left on her aunt's doorstep in a small town. Bethany does not know why her parents left her with this strange aunt she never knew she had. And she definitely does not know why everyone is looking at her like they are seeing a ghost.

Great premise for a story and a

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definite page turner for most of the book. I felt the ending was too quick and easy. It did not keep me as interested as the rest of the book.

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Margaret Peterson Haddix is a wonderful story teller. This is a very suspenseful book about a girl who is mysteriously and suddenly shipped off to a relative she didn't know she had, with no knowledge of when her parents would come back. Eventually, she comes to realize that she is a clone of a

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previous version of herself, and does some further digging to figure out how and why, who she was before she was cloned, and what kind of person she is, as a clone of someone else.

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Haddix crafts a suspenseful tale told from the perspective of Bethany, a 12-year-old only child who is suddenly abandoned by her parents into the care an unfamiliar aunt. Bethany is left confused by her parents’ unexplained absence and discovers that, while she is unfamiliar with her

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surroundings, her face is not new to those around her. As mysterious details unfold around Bethany, the reader comes to realize that she is living the life of a clone. The inner conflicts she experiences as a result of this knowledge bring interesting questions into the reader’s mind about the consequences of scientific intervention. The story avoids addressing any ethical issues related to cloning; instead it focuses on the small story of one girl’s struggle to believe that she has an identity as an individual and not as just a replacement for a lost daughter.

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I guessed the twist in this really early on, but that might be becuase of the reading list I found it on. Haddix is the master of confined people/hidden secret creepiness, and this story had both.

Even though I figured everything out before I got very deep into the book, Double Identity was a good read. Would kids figure everything out? Will the events be troubling, especially to the third graders?

i LOVE this book, it is my all time favorite!!

Suspense-filled tale of soon-to-be teenager, Bethany, left at a never-before seen aunt's house in the middle of the night by her parents under suspicious circumstances. I guessed the secret early on, but the suspense continued straight up to the end.

An engrossing story about an only child who might really have had a sister she knows nothing about. Lots of intrigue and some moral questions regarding lying, cloning and what is really important in life. A girl who has everything her parents can buy her, but she discovers that something big is

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missing in her life.

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This book really had me stuck with it, I couldnt put it down.I REALLY enjoyed the story line. I would highly recommend this book to people who enjoy mysteries and suprises. =)

this book was really good but it made my confuse. this book was about a girl who had a sister thatshe think is her sister but died before she was borned. she looked just like her. read on to see what happen. is she her real sister o is that the same girl.

Double Identity is a very odd book. It is about this girl who's parents take her away all of a sudden one day to the middle of nowhere to go live with her aunt. She has lived a normal life the whole time and then one day everything changes. People are looking at her funny, seeming like they've

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known her their whole life, even though shes never been there before. In the end of the book, she finds out she is a clone of her dead sister, who died in a car crash 20 years earlier. I found the story very weird but I recommed for people who like weird stuff like that.

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Double Identity is filled with mystery and suspense and touches the topic of cloning. Bethany is a 13 year old who's parents go missing leaving her with no explanation and with a aunt she never knew exsisted. As her world as she knows it is turned upside down, she searches for answers and is faced

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with unvailing secrects of a past life she knows nothing about. Recomended for readers 10 years old and up, can be used for fiction descriptive, creative writing. Can be linked to science unit.

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Plot: Bethany has lived a very sheltered life until one day her parents mysteriously drop her off at her aunt's house (she did not know this aunt existed before). She does not know where her parents are and does not have any way to contact them. Things start to get weird when people in her aunt's

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town start to look at her funny, like they recognize her. When her cousin comes to visit, things start to get suspenseful because there are strange, short conversations and then Bethany is being followed. Why do people think Bethany is someone else, and where are her parents, and who is Elizabeth?

Themes: Family, courage

Characterization: Bethany is a strong character who takes it upon herself to find out the truth. She tracks down people to find out the real story and in the end is a confident teenager that has to come to terms with the past of others.

Rating: 10 out of 10, this is a suspenseful read where you want to know about the character and how she is related to her long, lost dead sister, Elizabeth.

Genre: Sci-fi

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I loved this book so much...I loved how the author made many twisted turns. My only flaw is that in the middle the book became very predictable.

I really loved this book between the question and question and the surprise that the end held

I picked this book up because I enjoy Ms. Haddix's books. This was a well written novel allowing the reader to come away with the ethical questions of shoule we really pursue this science. The emotional journey of the main chacter and her final exceptance of her circumstances and what her parents

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did was a journey well written.

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Bethany has lived a sheltered life. Her parents never leave her by herself and they are very overprotective. And while, at almost 13 years old, Bethany hasn't spent a single night away from her parents, she doesn't realize how strange her life is until her parents drop her off with an aunt she

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didn't know existed. Her father tells her that he has to get help for her mother and they won't be gone long. Bethany is understandably confused and upset, but she tries to make the best of it. Little clues and hints start to indicate that Bethany looks very like someone named Elizabeth; but who is Elizabeth and what else are her parents hiding from her?

I went into this book not knowing what it was about and a couple of different things crossed my mind until I realized why Bethany is so much like Elizabeth. I found this book to be a bit slow going and not very interesting. I know it is a middle grade book and I shouldn't compare it to adult or even young adult books. But I read a lot of books by Margaret Peterson Haddix, including the Found series (which I really enjoyed). That series is also middle grade and it is exciting and has characters you can love and hate. This book just fell short I think. The story wasn't bad and there was a twist at the end, but I never really found myself excited to see what would happen next. I just kept reading so that I could finish the book. (If that makes sense.)

Recommended to:
I would say 4th to 6th graders who like sci-fi, but I think if you want to read a science fiction Haddix book, than go with the Found series. If you just want to read a story about a girl trying to figure out who she is, than you might enjoy this one. I was expecting more of a sci-fi adventure.

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This was an interesting read that raised some complex questions regarding identity, but there were quite a few frustrating aspects to it as well. Things like "we're going to continue keeping secrets even though that is obviously not the best course of action and has led to the majority of the

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problems we've encountered to this point" and some scientific aspects as well. Specifically, cloning and how it would work. Even identical twins--the closest thing we have to human clones--are not 100% the same as each other, so why should Bethany be so similar to Elizabeth, down to favourite foods and hobbies and physical abilities and all the rest? It just doesn't seem feasible to me, even if we are looking at a science fiction story.

Still, all told it is a fun, fast-paced read, and for the intended audience it should be pretty engaging.

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I loved Margaret Peterson Haddix’s Shadow Children series, so I was excited to read another book by her. Double Identity did not disappoint! I was drawn to the cover because it looked mysterious and interesting. Not only was there suspense and action, but my heart also went out to Bethany as she

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tried to figure out who she was and what was going on. I couldn’t help but feel bad for her after she was abandoned by her parents, and she didn’t have anyone she could turn to for help. It would be so lonely without friends and family (or familiar family)! The mystery kept me guessing, and I couldn’t wait to find out why everyone was reacting to Bethany like she was someone else. What a strange feeling that would be! I have had people think I looked like someone else before, but no one acted spooked (thank goodness). I think this book is great for anyone who likes reads that have an edge of danger and lots of suspense. Kids in fourth grade and up will read this one as fast as they can to solve the case! I look forward to reading more books by this fascinating author.

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