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Amy has grown up believing Nancy is her biological mother, and Nancy has loved her like her own daughter. One day a woman arrives, asserting she is Amy’s real mother, and claiming Amy’s unusual gifts stem from a scientific experiment involving clones. Facing a sudden crisis of identity, Amy embarks on a search for her origins. With each revelation she risks unraveling the only family she has ever known.
First publish date: 1999
Genre: Young Adult Fiction/YA Science Fiction
Authors: Marilyn Kaye
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