Double Identity, by Margaret Peterson Haddix, is a Young Hoosier Book Award nominee for 2009. Although the book is low in action, it manages to deliver a great deal of suspense. Plus, the subject matter yields a lot to think about.
As the book opens, twelve year old Bethany is in a car, wondering where her emotionally distraught mother and frazzled father are heading. When they drop her off with an aunt she doesn't even know (after years of never letting her out of their sight), she is mystified. What's more, before her parents leave her, she is sure she overheard them telling the aunt, "She doesn't know anything about Elizabeth."
From that point, things only get more perplexing. People in the small town react as if they've seen a ghost when they meet her. Her parents' cell phones have been disconnected. Then, her father sends a package containing four birth certificates for her and a small bundle of cash.
I enjoyed all the twists and turns in this novel. It was a quick and easy read. I would highly recommend this book to young readers who love a good mystery. If you go to the bottom of this Amazon listing for the book, you can read an excerpt from the first chapter.
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