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Synopsis
He was her mirror image. Now the mirror has cracked. Celeste and her twin brother, Noble, are as close as can be—until a tragic accident takes Noble's life. It's a loss that pushes their mother, a woman obsessed with New Age superstitions, over the edge.... Desperate to keep her son "alive," Celeste's mother forces her to cut her hair, wear boys' clothes, and take on Noble's identity. Celeste has virtually disappeared—until a handsome boy moves in next door, and Celeste will risk her mother's wrath to let herself come back to life.
Is Celeste appropriate for my child?
Suitable for most readers 14 and up.
A psychologically dark tale about a girl forced to assume her dead twin brother's identity by her mentally unstable mother. Contains themes of grief, psychological abuse, identity erasure, and a teen protagonist struggling to reclaim herself.
What to know going in
This book has moderate violence, mild sexual content, and mild language. Content notes include child abuse, emotional abuse, parental abuse, death of a loved one, and death (see the full list above).
Who'll love this
Teens will connect with Celeste's fight to break free from her mother's control and rediscover who she really is after losing her twin.