Mitchard, Jacquelyn. The Midnight Twins. New York: Penguin Group, 2008. 235 pages. (Sci-Fi Series)Each twin has new powers, but is that good or bad? Mallory and Meredith Brynn are born just two minutes apart, but in different years. Meredith was born at 11:59 PM and Mallory at 12:01 AM.
When they were only three years old Mallory got lost in the woods. Using their telepathy Meredith knew where her sister was and calmed her down. They also made up new words and used them throughout their lives. Their whole women’s side of the family is twins. The only other twin in the girl’s family is their Grandma Gwenny. Growing up in Ridgeline, New York Mallory and Meredith changed the town forever. One late night on New Year’s Eve (Mallory’s and Meredith’s thirteenth birthday) there were fireworks and then, just in their dreams could this occur, there was a fire. When they awoke in the hospital, Mallory and Meredith couldn’t communicate with each other using their telepathy like they usually could. This was the just beginning of things changing. One twin developed the power to see into the future, the other the past.
David, a friend of the girls, was in all their dreams. The only way to get them to stop is stop David from bringing bad and horrible things like setting their house on fire, trying to kill innocent people, and other terrible actions to their small town. Their powers keep getting in the way of their friendship. Mallory and Meredith would get angry at each other if one saw something happening and the other saw it differently. Grandma Gwenny was always there to help them through the tough times though. Gwenny has had much more terrible things happen to her and now knows how to deal with them. Her twin sister died when she was very young. Twins are very close, and if one twin is not there it’s like half of you is missing. Mallory and Meredith get into lots of trouble that somehow brings them back together.
I thought this book was very good, if you like a lot of things happening at once. The girls are often at different places and seeing different things. The author describes everything both of the girls do. I would like to read another book by this author because the book was very descriptive. When the author was describing some scenes you could see what was taking place in your head.
Reviewed by: Buddy2759
