Identical

by Hopkins, Ellen

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Best known for her disturbing problem novels in verse, including CRANK, IMPULSE, and GLASS, Ellen Hopkins tackles a bevy of issues all at once with deeply troubled identical twins Kaeleigh and Raeanne. A wholesome family on the outside, with a mother running for Congress and a father who is a judge, inside is a completely different story of sorrow, alcoholism, drugs, abuse, and a seemingly unquenchable thirst for self destruction. Both Kaeleigh and Raeanne are falling to pieces, but each in her own, private way. Uniting together might make the difference between survival and destruction, but are they strong enough to handle the truth?

Author:: Hopkins, Ellen

ISBN:: 9781416950059
Format:: Hardcover
Pages:: 565
Publish Date:: 08/26/2008
Publisher:: Margaret K McElderry
Language:: English

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Starred Review. Using free verse as her vehicle, Hopkins (Crank, Glass) takes readers on a harrowing ride into the psyches of 16-year-old identical twins Kaeleigh and Raeanne, both of whom are racing toward self-destruction. The girls' family appears picture-perfect. Their father is a prominent judge, their mother is running for Congress, and both girls do well in school. But ever since an accident, Mom doesn't love anyone./ She is marble. Beautiful./ Frigid. Easily stained/ by her family. What's left/ of us, anyway. We are corpses. Raeanne seeks escape in sex and drugs; Kaileigh binges and cuts herself. Brief, gutsy confessions reveal a history of sexual abuse and emotional neglect, and it's not clear that both girls will survive it. Hopkins's verse is not only lean and sinuous, it also demonstrates a mastery of technique. Strategically placed concrete verse includes a poem about revenge shaped like a double-edged sword; in another, about jealousy, the lines form one heart reflecting another, until a rupture breaks the symmetry at the bottom. Often, the twins' entries mirror each other, on facing pages: although used differently in the two poems, the same key words are set off in corresponding stanzas (think./ How/ different/ life./ could be reads one set of key words). Those for whom Uncle Vampire means something will anticipate the still-breathless climax; all others, including most of the target audience, will be shocked. Ages 14–up. (Aug.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved All rights reserved.

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