Vendor
	Foundry Claire Harris
Original language
English
Categories
Children’s, Teenage & Educational

DEAD RINGER

Jessie Rosen

From the moment Laura Rivers steps foot into Englewood High, she notices the stares — and they aren’t the typical once-overs every pretty new girl endures. The students seem confused and... spooked.

Whispers echoing through the halls confirm that something is seriously off. “That new girl looks just like her,” they say. It turns out Laura has a doppelgänger, and it isn’t just anyone — it’s Sarah Castro-Tanner, the girl who killed herself by jumping into the Navasink River one year ago.

What really happened to Sarah? And how does Laura Rivers fit into it all?

After all, she’s the dead ringer for a dead girl.

Available products
Book Published 2015-11-01 by Full Fathom Five
Book Published 2015-11-01 by Full Fathom Five

Comments

Jessie Rosen’s DEAD RINGER reminds me of a Hitchcock movie transferred to high school. (Alfred Hitchcock, 1899-1980, was a director who made twisty, suspenseful movies, often about blonde women, so it’s a good comparison.) As the book tangles through its different points of view, I bit my nails, tensely wondering which character to trust as I discovered the next twists waiting on the next page. Buy this book if you want to feel like that (and you do.)

Jessie Rosen has masterfully crafted this story about manipulation, obsession and lies, and just when you think you're starting to figure it out, something happens to turn it all upside down. I raced towards the end but hated when it was over.

Don't be fooled by the picture-perfect teens who roam the halls of Englewood High; beneath the surface lurk dark secrets and shocking truths that Jessie Rosen reveals with the delicious, slow-burn timing of a maestro. Dead Ringer reminded me of the Christopher Pike novels I devoured as a teen, in the very best way. This book will leave you with chills.