Identical

Summary: In the latest hard-hitting YA novel by the New York Times bestselling author, 16-year-old identical twin girls must come to terms with their abusive father.

Kaeleigh and Raeanne are 16-year-old identical twins, the daughters of a district court judge father and politician mother running for Congress. Everything on the surface of their lives seems Norman Rockwell perfect, but underneath run deep and damaging secrets.

Kaeleigh is the good girl-her father's perfect flower, something she has tried so hard to be since she was nine and he started sexually abusing her. She cuts herself and vomits after every binge, desperate to feel something normal. Raeanne uses painkillers, drugs, alcohol, and sex to numb the pain of not being Daddy's favorite. Both girls must figure out how to become whole, but how can they when their world has been torn to shreds?

Writing in her characteristic narrative poetry style, Ellen Hopkins shows once again how well she knows today's teens and the issues that matter to them.

What I thought: The ending was a twist I didn't expect. I loved this book. She writes in a way that I just can't seem to put down her books. I felt so bad for both of these girls. I hated the mom all through the book but at the end I wanted to strangle her. When she blames Kaeleigh for what the father does to her, I just couldn't understand how a mother could be so cold. This book was heartfelt and meaningful. It was not one of those fluff books (as my husband likes to call them) it's a book that sticks with you and hits on real life issues