Between Us

by Jeanne Betancourt

Christine and Carolyn. They're identical twins and best friends, close enough to be one person. Nothing has ever come between them.

But this spring, things have started to change. Carolyn has a boyfriend whom Christine hardly knows. And Christine spends all her time working at the hospital as a volunteer. Lately, she's become fascinated with the hospital pharmacy, until she realizes there's something very wrong. At first it isn't much: an employee who seems especially secretive, a patient who doesn't respond to his medicine. But when a woman dies suddenly for no reason, Christine knows it wasn't an accident.

Christine's got to find out what's going wrong, but she can't do it alone. She needs Carolyn more than ever, just when they're farthest apart. Because she' taken a gamble with their lives-and if she loses, they'll both have to pay.

147 pages, Paperback

First published January 3, 1986

About the author

When I was growing up I never thought of being an author. I was a terrible speller and didn't want to write any more than I had to. I wanted to be a tap dancer when I grew up. After a few years of teaching junior high and high school, I wrote my first novel. It was a surprise to discover that I liked making up stories and writing them down. I liked it so much that eventually I stopped teaching and became a fulltime writer.

Besides novels for children and young adults, I've also told stories by writing scripts for television and the movies.

I live on the top floor of a sixteen-story building near the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. From my apartment I have a view of Manhattan that includes the Empire State Building and the Plaza Hotel. In my free time I draw, paint, and read. I still love to dance.

Some people think that a writer's life is lonely. But when I'm writing a story I don't feel lonely because I am actively involved with lots of interesting people – the characters in my books. I love knowing that some day readers will get to know these characters, too. If you are one of my readers I hope you have as much enjoyment in reading my stories as I have writing them.

Reviews

[Erin · Rating 3 out of 5]

80's teen mystery about twins...one takes a semester interning at a hospital and discovers another worker stealing drugs and shortchanging patients on their medicines. Very 80's! ;)