The book Double Identity by Margaret Peterson Haddix is extremely enthralling and intriguing. 3.0 out of 5 stars 1. PUBLISHED IN: 2015. THE BOOK: Double Identity. 1996 | CC. Only one twin will have the perfect life...but both will skyrocket through incredible journeys. Suddenly, 12-year-old Bethany Cole finds herself in the car with them, frantically driving across several states in the dead of night. Double Identity is the debut novel of Jaye C Blakemore. SUMMARY: Identical Twins and Secret Lives…with Deceit, Murder, and Revenge! Double Identity kept me in suspense throughout. Double Identity: The Mystery of Twins. THE AUTHOR: Jaye C Blakemore. A passionate romance between charismatic French vintner Cecile Cardin and elusive billionaire art collector Paul Allenwerth leads to the birth of beautiful twins … The Hopi also believe in duality between the Upper World and the Underworld: that whatever is happening here in the Upper World, the opposite is happening in the Underworld. The story explores the life of twin sisters, Gillian and Julianne Allenwerth. Summary. Mom cries all the time. During her time with her aunt and cousin, she discovers many ways in which she is … Directed by: Selina MacNair Double Identity. A Dramatic Device. THE PUBLISHER: Outskirts Press. DOUBLE IDENTITY is a one-sitting book, or at least you'll try to read it in one sitting (it is 318 pages long!). Double Identity is magically entwined with twists and turns of an imaginative, creative writer as the story is told from two character (twin sisters) point of views (Gillian and Julianne) which made it both fascinating and alluring. Double Identity: The Mystery of Twins (1989) The Victorian Kitchen Garden (1987) Chasing Rainbows - A Nation and Its Music (1986) From page one, I was captivated! Adding another layer of odd to the puzzle is the fact that even those who marry outsiders and move away from the village exhibit a substantially higher than normal rate of having twins. Hopi legends refer to the twins who were called the Child of the Sun and the Child of the Water. 4.5 out of 5 stars 188. Paperback Double Identity brings you inside these studies, to understand how much of twins’ actions are due to their environments, and how much is hardwired from birth. Bethany just lives her life as a normal girl until she slowly nears to her 13th birthday. A mysterious rift … Prime Video £0.00 with a Prime membership. Doctors have long been baffled as to why this village has so many twins, and no one as of yet has been able to unravel the mystery. Joss comes from St. Louis to stay with Myrlie and Bethany. Double Identity is a richly characterized, inventive thrill ride with plenty of suspense and romance! So much is going on because she suddenly realizes who she really is and unravels an entire mystery about her life and what happened before she was even born. THE EDITOR: Judith Jordon. 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