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Synopsis
Jazz Reynolds has died in a house fire. But the Reynolds family welcome her home with open arms. Everyone is overjoyed to have Jazz home, everyone except Jazz's sister, Sunny, who is convinced that this girl must be an imposter. She may look like her sister, know everything about her sister, but her real sister is dead...So who is this girl? This is a creepy, taut thriller, where family loyalties shift and secrets are revealed right up until the end...
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About the Author
Gail Giles, a native Texan, now lives in Fairbanks, Alaska, with her husband. She is also the author of Shattering Glass (0689860463), which publishes in October 2004.
From Booklist
Gr. 6-9. In Shattering Glass (2002), Giles gave readers a huge surprise at the book's beginning. Here a major twist, one of several, comes at the end, though it raises more questions than it answers. Ninth-grader Sunny is not entirely sad about the death of her 18-year-old sister in a New York apartment fire. Jazz's perfection has been a thorn to Sunny, but it was all that sustained their depressive mother and alcoholic father. Her death has pushed both parents over the edge. Then one day, a letter from Jazz arrives, and soon after, Jazz herself returns, claiming she was away and only recently learned about the fire. But this girl isn't really Jazz, though she does resemble her and seems to know enough about her to assume her life. Both Sunny and her father realize the truth; Mother seems not to. For a while, though, everyone is willing to have Jazz alive. This is a page-turner with sharp dialogue and psychologically intriguing viewpoints. Readers are continually kept off balance as Jazz and her motives change like shapes in a fun-house mirror. But when Sunny asks her final question, "What have I done?" readers might wish for a clearer answer. - Ilene Cooper
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