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Violence
Barely any
A murder is central to the plot; the violence is off-page
Language
Barely any
Mild language appropriate for YA
Sexual Content
Barely any
Mild romantic content in the high school register
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
Some
The psychological experience of assuming a dead person's identity and not knowing who killed her creates appropriate suspense
What this book is about
Sara Shepard's YA thriller (basis for the ABC Family series) follows Emma, a foster kid who receives a mysterious video message from a twin she didn't know she had. When she arrives to find Sutton dead, Emma must pretend to be her to find the killer. The novel has the addictive plotting of Shepard's Pretty Little Liars and a similar high school social dynamics backdrop. Appropriate for the YA audience it targets.
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Murder mystery with dead twin premise
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