Movies:
After meeting at summer camp, orphaned Amanda and wealthy Alyssa use their identical looks to play Cupid between Alyssa’s dad and a caring social worker.”
Director: Andy Tennant.
Writer: Deborah Dean Davis.
Cast: Kirstie Alley, Steve Guttenberg, Mary-Kate Olsen, Ashley Olsen.
Identical twins Annie and Hallie, separated at birth and each raised by one of their biological parents, discover each other for the first time at summer camp and make a plan to bring their parents back together.”
Director: Nancy Meyers.
Writer: Erich Kästner (book), Nancy Meyers (screenplay), David Swift (screenplay).
Cast: Lindsay Lohan, Dennis Quaid, Natasha Richardson.
Middle-Grade Books:
Kelley Armstrong, A Royal Guide to Monster Slaying (2019)
A Royal Guide to Monster Slaying #1.
Pitch:
Twelve-year-old Rowan is destined to be Queen, and her twin brother, Rhydd, to be Royal Monster Hunter. Tragedy shatters the long-standing rule, and Rowan ends up hunting the most dangerous monster: a gryphon.”
Book Blurb:
Twelve-year-old Rowan is next in line to be Queen; her twin brother, Rhydd, to be Royal Monster Hunter. Rowan would give anything to switch places, but the rule is, the oldest child is next in line, even if she is only older by two minutes. She resigns herself to admiring her royal monster hunter aunt’s official sword and having tea with dignitaries with her mother, the queen. But a tragic event breaks up longstanding rules, and now Rowan finds herself in hunt of a dangerous gryphon.
Accompanied by a feisty and determined baby jackalope and a giant wolf that barely tolerates her, she sets off on a journey that will see her join forces with other unlikely allies: a boy who has ambitions of his own to hunt monsters, and a girl from a nearby clan with hidden motives for befriending Rowan. It will take all of Rowan’s skills, both physical and diplomatic, to keep this journey on track. The future of the kingdom depends on it.”
Sophie Cleverly, The Lost Twin (2015)
Scarlet and Ivy #1
Pitch:
After her troublemaking twin, Scarlet, vanishes from Rookwood boarding school, shy Ivy tries to track her down, using pieces of Scarlet’s journal carefully hidden all over the school for Ivy to find.
Book Blurb:
Ivy, I pray that it’s you reading this. And if you are, well, I suppose you’re the new me…
When shy Ivy’s troublemaking twin Scarlet vanishes from Rookwood boarding school, Ivy is invited to “take her place.” But when Ivy arrives, she discovers the school’s true intention; she has to pretend to be Scarlet. She must think like Scarlet, act like Scarlet, become Scarlet. What on earth happened to the real Scarlet, and why is the school trying to keep it a secret?
Luckily for Ivy, Scarlet isn’t about to disappear without a fight. She’s left pieces of her journal carefully hidden all over the school for Ivy to find. Ivy’s going to figure out what happened to Scarlet. She’s got to.
But the staff of Rookwood is always watching, and they’ll do anything to keep their secrets buried…”
Reading Order:
- The Lost Twin (2015)
- The Whispers in the Walls (2015)
- The Dance in the Dark (2016)
- The Lights Under the Lake (2017)
- The Curse in the Candlelight (2017)
- The Last Secret (2019)
Tony Abbott, Denis Ever After (2018)
Pitch:
Five years after Denis Egan died, his ghost teams up with his living twin brother to solve the mystery of Denis’s death.
Book Blurb:
Denis Egan is dead.
He’s okay with that. It’s been five years since he died, and the place where souls go is actually pretty nice. Sure, there are some things about his life and how it ended he can’t quite recall, but that’s how it’s supposed to be. Remembering could prevent Denis from moving on to whatever’s next.
However, something is standing in his way. His twin brother Matt can’t let go of him, and as long as the living are holding on to his memory, Denis can’t rest in peace.
To uncover the truth about what happened that day five years before, Denis returns to his hometown and teams up with Matt. But visiting for too long has painful consequences for Denis, and Matt’s renewed interest in his brother’s passing is driving a wedge between his still-grieving parents.
Can the two boys solve the mystery of Denis’s death without breaking apart the family he’s left behind?”
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