Illa
Since: Jan, 2013
Jun 10th 2018 at 11:36:51 AM
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Does Always Identical Twins mean genetically identical twins? Because I think the twins Zen and Crystal in The Suitcase Kid are brother and sister, though they might be Half-Identical Twins. I haven’t read Lily Alone or Rose Rivers, but I think those books also have brother-sister twins: Baxter and Bliss in Lily Alone, Rupert and Rose in Rose Rivers (and Rose seems to say they look different). Should we add their names to Theme Twin Naming? And it seems there are brother-sister twins named Charles and Claire in Jacqueline Wilson’s books Twin Trouble and Connie and the Water Babies (published together as Twin Tales), but I not only haven’t read those stories, I haven’t even seen them on her website.
The ending of "The Suitcase Kid"actually is a lot more positive than what was written here for the Bittersweet Ending trope listed. Andy finds a new home in both of her parents' houses, as well as one with a kind elderly couple- who appreciate her company (and she views as surrogate grandparents in her life). She evens happily mentions this to her family counselor, that it's "as easy as ABC!" Plus, she gets along alot better with her step-siblings (even with Katie- who started out as a bully), especially with her step-brother Graham. And she even happily welcomes her new half-sister Zoe into her life.