History Literature / Identical

* [[spoiler: AngstySurvivingTwin]]

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Reread the book and you'll notice a lot of things that hint toward [[spoiler: Kaeleigh and Raeanne being the same person.]]

* IHaveThisFriend: How Kaeleigh asks a doctor about [[spoiler: dissociative identity disorder, although the doctor in question sees through it almost immediately.]]

** [[spoiler: The respective rumors about Kaeleigh and Raeanne sleeping around. Raeanne doesn't pay them much mind, but Kaeleigh doesn't understand where the rumors are coming from.]]

* NotIfTheyEnjoyedItRationalization: [[spoiler:Mick tries to]] use this on [[spoiler:Raeanne]] when he is trying to rape her.]]
* OneWordTitle: The title is simply, ''Identical''.

* TwinThemeNaming: Kaeleigh and Raeanne are named for their parents Kay and Ray.

* TwinNaming: Kaeleigh and Raeanne are named for their parents Kay and Ray.
* ThemeTwinSwitch: Raeanne passes herself off as Kaeleigh a couple of times. [[spoiler: Subverted; it isn't ''really'' a TwinSwitch since Raeanne is simply another personality of Kaeleigh.]]

** [[spoiler: People constantly mixing up Kaeleigh and Raeanne, and the two sharing a wardrobe.]]

** [[spoiler: The respective rumors about Kaeleigh and Raeanne sleeping around.]]
** [[spoiler: Kaeleigh at one point mentions a funeral that she doesn't want to think about.]]

* NotIfTheyEnjoyedItRationalization: [[spoiler: Mick pulls this on Raeanne while trying to rape her.]]
* ParentalIncest
* ParentalNeglect: Kaeleigh and Raeanne's mother, whose political career keeps her on the road most of the time. When she is home, she isn't very attentive to her daughters. [[spoiler: Nothing has changed with her in the end; she continues to stay away from home as much as possible, and although she now knows that Kaeleigh was being abused by her father, her reaction is to blame Kaeleigh for not telling anyone.]]

* TwinThemeNaming: Kaeleigh and Raeanne are named for their parents Kay and Ray.
* TwinSwitch: Raeanne passes herself off as Kaeleigh a couple of times. [[spoiler: Subverted; it isn't ''really'' a TwinSwitch since Raeanne is simply another personality of Kaeleigh.]]

** [[spoiler: Raeanne's sections make it seem like she and Kaeleigh share a number of scenes, but if you read Kaeleigh's sections closely you'll notice that Kaeleigh never seems to directly talk to Raeanne.]]
** [[spoiler: People constantly mixing up Kaeleigh and Raeanne.]]
** [[spoiler: When Raeanne is the narrator, she is never addressed by name.]]

* TwinSwitch: Raeanne passes herself off as Kaeleigh a couple of times. [[spoiler: It isn't ''really'' a TwinSwitch since Raeanne is simply another personality of Kaeleigh.]]

Creator/EllenHopkins's ''Identical'' is a verse novel which tells the stories of identical twins Kaeleigh and Raeanne Gardella, the 16-year-old daughters of a district court judge, and a candidate for the United States' House of Representatives. While their mother campaigns for the House position, Kaeleigh and Raeanne are left in the care of their alcoholic father and have to deal with maintaining the family's "perfect" appearance while struggling with the secrets that tore them apart.

* TwinSwitch: Raeanne passes herself off as Kaeleigh a couple of times.

EllenHopkins' ''Identical'' is a verse novel which tells the stories of identical twins Kaeleigh and Raeanne Gardella, the 16-year-old daughters of a district court judge, and a candidate for the United States' House of Representatives. While their mother campaigns for the House position, Kaeleigh and Raeanne are left in the care of their alcoholic father and have to deal with maintaining the family's "perfect" appearance while struggling with the secrets that tore them apart.

* [[spoiler: SplitPersonalityMerge:]] At the end of the novel.

* Abusive Parents: Mr. Gardella is sexually abusing Kaeleigh, and Mrs. Gardella is far more focused on her career than her family.
* Always Identical Twins

* {{Freudian Excuse}}: Mr. Gardella's "reason" for his alcoholism and other issues in the book.
* {{Parental Incest}}

* {{Abusive Parents}}: Mr. Gardella is sexually abusing Kaeleigh, and Mrs. Gardella is far more focused on her career than her family.
* {{Always Identical Twins}}

* [[SelfHarm]]: Kaeleigh is a cutter and a binge eater, while Raeanne suffers from bulimia.

* {{Abusive Parents}}: Father, to be exact.