Meredith and Mallory Brynn, are mirror twins born on either side of midnight one New Years Eve. They have always been inseparable. But after they ...
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Jun 25, 2008
Jackie
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on sale 7-3-08 young adult fiction
Mitchard is a rare breed of writer who can capture the emotions and hearts of both the adult fiction and the teen fiction world (She's the author of the tearjerking Deep End of the Ocean, among many other books) . I agree with the publisher that this book is a 12 and up--it deals with some fairly violent themes as the book goes on--but the story is gripping and suspenseful and easily kept THIS adult's attention--in fact there were points where I More...
Mitchard is a rare breed of writer who can capture the emotions and hearts of both the adult fiction and the teen fiction world (She's the author of the tearjerking Deep End of the Ocean, among many other books) . I agree with the publisher that this book is a 12 and up--it deals with some fairly violent themes as the book goes on--but the story is gripping and suspenseful and easily kept THIS adult's attention--in fact there were points where I More...
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Jan 25, 2008
Karin
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Meredith and Mallory Brynn are identical twins - born on different days. Meredith was born at 11:59 P.M. on December 31st and Mallory was born at 12:01 A.M. on January 1st of the next year. Merry and Mally share many of the things that other twins do like a special language, sympathy pains, and telepathy. No matter how much they share with each other and how identical they look, they do have differences. Merry is the head cheerleader and Miss Popularity whereas Mally is all business. She is
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Mar 26, 2008
[close] Meredith and Mallory Brynn, are mirror twins born on either side of midnight one New Years Eve. They have always been inseparable. But after they are nearly killed in a mysterious fire on their thirteenth birthday, the bond that has always joined them unravels. They begin to have visions and dreams that reveal the deep secrets kept by the people around them.
Meredith and Mallory realize they have each been given a gift: Mallory can see deep into the past, Meredith can see the futur More...
Meredith and Mallory realize they have each been given a gift: Mallory can see deep into the past, Meredith can see the futur More...
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Jan 07, 2011
Alisha
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This book is amazing! One thing I noticed right away that I really liked is the cover. Take a good look at it. Notice something strange? The moon on the top of the picture is a full moon but the moon in the reflection is only a fraction of the moon! This oddity in some ways describes the book. Meredith and Mallory (Merry and Mally) Brynn are identical twins born in different years, one a minute before midnight, and the other a minute into the new year. Merry and Mally have twin telepathy, but th
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Sep 04, 2010
Leena
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"This books is about two twins that have magical powers. One girl can see into the future, and the other seeks the past.The girls have a special language they speak ever since they were kids.They always slept in the same bed, even when they were 6 years old. When the girls were about a month, their grandmother stared at them then started to cry. The girl that can see the past, saw a part of her grandmothers past. Her grandmother had a twin sister that looked exactly like the midnight twins.
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Jun 17, 2010
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I thought this book was really amazing. Not my favorite, because I like real fantasy a lot more, but still, good.
Merry and Mally are twins. One was born on 11:59 PM on Dec. 31 and one was born on 12:01 AM on Jan. 1. I know, kind of cheesy, but, ya. So, they have some mysterious house fire that's caused by Merry's best friends big brother, David. The girls use their new "powers" (Mally seeing the future and Merry seeing the past I THINK) to face him and make him stop. Oh, a More...
Merry and Mally are twins. One was born on 11:59 PM on Dec. 31 and one was born on 12:01 AM on Jan. 1. I know, kind of cheesy, but, ya. So, they have some mysterious house fire that's caused by Merry's best friends big brother, David. The girls use their new "powers" (Mally seeing the future and Merry seeing the past I THINK) to face him and make him stop. Oh, a More...
Mar 25, 2010
Kasey
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I didn't think that I was going to get past the first fifty pages to be honest. I was getting tired of reading about the Twins past. It also seemed really fake because the Twin, Mally and Merry, seemed to be perfect although they are total opposites, so you get a little of everything with these two. Being a twin myself I related to some of the things Mitchard made her twin characters feel but other things were totally annoying and unbelieveable. I also didn't like how the story was written. It w
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Mar 13, 2009
Featherheart
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Oh my GOSH this was FABULOUS! I could not put it down. I'm talking leave off all other books, read during breakfast, read while cycling, read on the ten-minute drive to your friend's house, stay up till 11 reading and then put it down so you can get up in the morning. This is a one-more-minute-please kind of book. (Please read to the end before deciding to read it.)
Having gotten my enthusiasm out of the way, I would like to point out that it is definitely not a kid book. The main plot was More...
Having gotten my enthusiasm out of the way, I would like to point out that it is definitely not a kid book. The main plot was More...
Aug 31, 2009
E.
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Mallory and Meredith are identical twins born so close to midnight on January 31st that they were actually born on separate days and in separate years. And while they are very different - Mallory is a tough girl who is into soccer and hangs out with the boys, Meredith is a girlie girl who is into cheerleading and fashion - from the time they were born they were inseparable, considering themselves two parts of one whole. The girls even have twin telepathy, which their mother began to suspect when
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Jul 21, 2009
Alex
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I have to say, I was extemely disappointed in this book. I've read All We Know of Heaven by the same author, and loved it. But The Midnight Twins... did nothing for me. Absolutely nothing. I had to force my way through it actually. I was about half way through it and was getting pretty fed up, but I figured, it's a waste to read half a book and not finish it and be able to review it.
It's an interesting premise, if not completely original. A pair of twins are in a life threatening acc More...
It's an interesting premise, if not completely original. A pair of twins are in a life threatening acc More...
Dec 26, 2008
Barbara
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I bought this book for my mother-in-law and then learned it was categorized as a "teen book." I decided to read it before I give it to her, and found it really isn't a teen book, unless you consider 18 or 19 a "teen." As with most things these days, it is a mature book for teens, and though I wouldn't necessarily say it couldn't be for teens, it has some issues that parents should know about first. First, the teens have a type of mysticism that they do not understand and of w
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Nov 12, 2010
Sarah
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I know identical twins often have a connection, but this book took things a little into the supernatural world. The twin girls can see each other's dreams and communicate very strongly with each other. They not only feel each other's pain, but can predict the future, so their lives get complicated when they start seeing death. Someone is going to get raped or killed and the girls have to try to stop him.
I liked The Deep End of the Ocean, but I struggled with this book. Not only were Ma More...
I liked The Deep End of the Ocean, but I struggled with this book. Not only were Ma More...
Jan 30, 2009
BAYA
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* Mallory and Meredith Brynn are identical twins that do not share the same birthday. They are midnight twins, one born just before and the other just after midnight. Mallory is serious and athletic, while Meredith is a popular cheerleader. Their personalities are different, but they share something besides their mirror image appearances; up until their 13th birthdays the sisters dreamt the same dreams. When they begin to dream different dreams they dismiss it at first. Is this just part of
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Jun 23, 2009
Steph Su
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I have a hunch that this will be one of those series that people pick up because the cover looks pretty and there’s a pretty famous author’s name on it. Otherwise, THE MIDNIGHT TWINS is a jumbled, jumpy, and gnarled mess of characters, ooooo-spooky events, and rushed conclusions.
I understand that the twins at 13 years old, and that tweens on the brink of puberty make for melodramatic and often confusing times, but really, now. The mindset of an eighth grade girl does not have to mani More...
I understand that the twins at 13 years old, and that tweens on the brink of puberty make for melodramatic and often confusing times, but really, now. The mindset of an eighth grade girl does not have to mani More...
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Nov 03, 2009
Carrie
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The Midnight Twins is a riveting book about the Brynn twins, Mallory and Merry. Merry and Mallory are nothing alike—one twin, Mallory, is a non-conforming soccer player who prefers to spend time alone watching soap-operas and sci-fi while Merry, is a popular cheerleader crazy about boys, particularly her neighbor, David Jellico. The twins are telepathically linked and inseparable—until a terrible accident happens and severs this link. The twins begin to have dreams and visions about disturbi
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Oct 31, 2011
Ann
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Very enjoyable literary YA with a paranormal twist.
I bought this at the Pennwriters conference, after hearing Ms. Mitchard speak. Quite a remarkable and strong woman!
While it took me a bit to get into the book, once hooked, I couldn't stop reading it. Mitchard's voice is strong and compelling, when the action happened, it was deep and quick and I had to know what happened. Over all, I enjoyed this book immensely, but there were a few things that *did* niggle me.
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I bought this at the Pennwriters conference, after hearing Ms. Mitchard speak. Quite a remarkable and strong woman!
While it took me a bit to get into the book, once hooked, I couldn't stop reading it. Mitchard's voice is strong and compelling, when the action happened, it was deep and quick and I had to know what happened. Over all, I enjoyed this book immensely, but there were a few things that *did* niggle me.
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Nov 01, 2010
Yessica
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With Mallory and Meredith being twins and born at midnight they are the "prize" of the town. Mallory is the tomb boy with almost a lack of fear while Merry being the girly one and on the cheer-leading team they demonstrate that not all twins are similar...when an accident happens on their birthday, a fire where no one knows how it started, they after start getting visions of stuff that make no sense at all. Mallory is able to see the future while Merry the past......but might their vis
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Oct 13, 2009
Cindy
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Meredith and Mallory are identical twins born on opposite sides of midnight, one at 11:59pm and the other at 12:01am, on New Year. This means They are identical twins with different birthdays and different birth year. However, they share many things. They come from a long family line of telepathic twin. Like many twins they can read each others minds, but they also have the same dreams. The two girls are opposites in personalities, one is popular, outgoing, and a cheer leader. The other is
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Jul 21, 2009
Debby
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This is the first book in The Midnight Twins series by Jacquelyn Mitchard involving twin 13-year-old girls with a "gift". This gift goes beyond the language Mallory and Meredith began speaking to each other in childhood that no one else understood. Around their 13th birthday, they begin seeing events before they happen or experiencing other telepathic abilities that enables them to solve a mystery.
This type of book is a break from the norm for Mitchard and I found it to be an enj More...
This type of book is a break from the norm for Mitchard and I found it to be an enj More...
Jul 11, 2010
Nafiza
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Nov 24, 2008
Susan P
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Not nearly as good as her last YA novel (All We Know of Heaven - which is one of my favorite books of the year), but still good. After almost dying in a fire, identical twin sisters begin to have visions. One can see into the past, and the other into the future. Together, they figure out that a local boy is actually a psychopathic potential killer, and they must stop him before he is able to follow through with his first human victim. This is the first in a trilogy. Right at the end I was s
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Jan 06, 2010
Andrea
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The Little Bookworm
Meredith and Mallory are identical mirror twins born on the cusp of midnight New Year's Eve making them born in different years. Growing up inseparable with wildly different personalities, the twins are able to speak to each other telepathically and dream each other's dreams. But on their thirteenth birthday, something strange happens and a fire disrupts the twin's telepathic powers while they gain new ones. But something strange is going on with one of the to More...
Meredith and Mallory are identical mirror twins born on the cusp of midnight New Year's Eve making them born in different years. Growing up inseparable with wildly different personalities, the twins are able to speak to each other telepathically and dream each other's dreams. But on their thirteenth birthday, something strange happens and a fire disrupts the twin's telepathic powers while they gain new ones. But something strange is going on with one of the to More...
Feb 24, 2011
Anna
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I'm going to say this right up front: This book isn't worth your time.
I didn't like it at all. The first thing - and this is the most important, in my opinion - is that the writing was forced. The whole book seemed way to forced. Because it was so forced, it was harder to read.
The second thing that really ruins this book is that the author takes up the whole first chapter trying to explain to you how much the two twins, Mallory and Meredith, are so different, when they do More...
I didn't like it at all. The first thing - and this is the most important, in my opinion - is that the writing was forced. The whole book seemed way to forced. Because it was so forced, it was harder to read.
The second thing that really ruins this book is that the author takes up the whole first chapter trying to explain to you how much the two twins, Mallory and Meredith, are so different, when they do More...
Sep 14, 2008
Jenny
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I just finished this book, barely! The Midnight Twins had the storyline and potential to be really amazing, but failed to impress me in any way. My first disappointment was when I realized that this book was not only about teenage twins as I had originally thought, but actually a novel written specifically for a teenage audience in mind. I like teen movies and I’m not that old – I thought I’d give it a chance. It was after all written by Jacqueline, my girl! I had high hopes for this book but it
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Aug 01, 2009
Tasha
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Meredith and Mallory Brynn are identical twins who were born on either side of midnight on New Years Eve. While the girls think of themselves as one, they are very different. Meredith is bubbly, outgoing, and a cheerleader, while Mallory is thoughtful, independent, and plays soccer. Though they have their differences the girls share so much; dreams, experiences, and even their own private language.
On the night of their thirteenth birthday the twins are caught in a mysterious fire tha More...
On the night of their thirteenth birthday the twins are caught in a mysterious fire tha More...
Jul 05, 2008
Jennifer
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Meredith and Mallory are identical twins born on either side of midnight, one at 11:59pm and the other at 12:01am.
It's now thirteen years later and the girls are best friends, but they have completely different interests. Also, like many identical twins, they can often read each others minds and feel what the other is feeling. But their twin senses are a lot stronger than most twins. They also have the exact same dreams.
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Meredith and Mallory are identical twins born on either side of midnight, one at 11:59pm and the other at 12:01am.
It's now thirteen years later and the girls are best friends, but they have completely different interests. Also, like many identical twins, they can often read each others minds and feel what the other is feeling. But their twin senses are a lot stronger than most twins. They also have the exact same dreams.
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Jul 29, 2011
Neill
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Meredith and Mallory were identical twins, at least physically. However their personalities were very different. As they approached puberty their gifts changed – one twin could see the future and one could see the past. When a boy in their neighbourhood began to attack animals the girls’ individual impressions of the boy were completely different and this began to drive a wedge between the girls. As the boy ultimately threatened one of the twins the other was unable to see the danger.
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Apr 10, 2009
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Aug 05, 2011
Kerith
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I'd never read any of Mitchard's fiction before -- just some of her essays on adoption, which I really liked. I think this is supposed to be YA but it felt a little young. It's a fun, suspenseful story about twin sisters with a gift for telepathy. Unfortunately you've got to get past the first chapter, in which she introduces you to the characters and beats you over the head with the fact that they are twins, and that they have a bond. Over and over again. I almost quit. Try not to, it's still
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May 08, 2010
Marsha
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This was a quick ebook read on my Droid. A perfect sort of book to read on an airplane or waiting for a taxi. Mitchard has dramatically stripped down her style for this early YA compared to her adult fiction. I would have liked richer detail and character development, but with a writer as talented as Mitchard, the bare bones prose still works. Not as absorbing as her adult tales but entertaining nonetheless.
