Ringer

Gr 9 Up—Gemma and Lyra's story comes to an end in this companion novel to Replica. Gemma wants nothing more than to return to her normal life and spend time with her boyfriend, Pete. Instead she finds herself stranded on the side of the road where she and Pete are captured after being mistaken for replicas and taken to the Haven Institute, which was thought to be destroyed. Pete and Gemma have to face the replicas that survived. Lyra and Caelum are finding it difficult to live among the human race as Lyra's illness worsens. Feeling abandoned, the two head to Philadelphia looking for a promised cure. Instead, they uncover their complicated past and threatened future. Like Replica, this entry is a flip book and can be read in either order or by alternating between Gemma's and Lyra's stories—yet the narratives are intertwined, making for an interesting reading experience for teens. They will want to have read the first volume to fully understand the characters' plight. Sexual situations between Pete and Gemma make this a better selection for older readers.