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The novel follows Veronika, Caroline, Isobel, and Eleanor, four identical girls who share a single, synchronized life on a desert island. Each day is structured and monitored by adult caretakers, leaving the girls to learn and live without outside contact. Their routine limitations are challenged when May, the sole survivor of a recent shipwreck, suddenly arrives on the island. May's presence shatters the girls’ sense of isolation and forces them to confront their own identities, autonomy, and the artificial limits placed on their lives.
First publish date: 2013
Genre: Young Adult Fiction/YA Science Fiction
Authors: Gordon Dahlquist
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