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The Phantom Twin

The Phantom Twin

Published in
2020
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Description

A young woman is haunted by the ghost of her conjoined twin, in Lisa Brown's The Phantom Twin, a sweetly spooky graphic novel set in a turn-of-the-century sideshow.Isabel and Jane are the Extraordinary Peabody Sisters, conjoined twins in a traveling carnival freak show-until an ambitious surgeon tries to separate them and fails, causing Jane's death.Isabel has lost an arm and a leg but gained a ghostly companion: Her dead twin is now her phantom limb. Haunted, altered, and alone for the first time, can Isabel build a new life that's truly her own?
Age
12-16
Text complexity
intermediate
Length
208 pages

Why to read

  • Unique storyline
  • Strong female protagonist
  • Historical context
  • Exploration of grief and loss