The Unwanteds by Lisa McMann

The Unwanteds by Lisa McMann
Aladdin
2011
390p.


In a society that purges thirteen-year-olds who are creative, identical twins Aaron and Alex are separated, one to attend University while the other, supposedly Eliminated, finds himself in a wondrous place where youths hone their abilities and learn magic.

Chime by Franny Billingsley

Chime by Franny Billingsley
Dial Books for Young Readers
2011
361p.

 In the early twentieth century in Swampsea, seventeen-year-old Briony, who can see the spirits that haunt the marshes around their town, feels responsible for her twin sister's horrible injury until a young man enters their lives and exposes secrets that even Briony does not know about.

The Other Half of My Heart by Sundee T. Frazier

The Other Half of My Heart by Sundee T. Frazier
Delacorte Press
2010
296 p.

Summary:  Twin daughters of interracial parents, eleven-year-olds Keira and Minna have very different skin tones and personalities, but it is not until their African American grandmother enters them in the Miss Black Pearl Pre-Teen competition in North Carolina that red-haired and pale-skinned Minna realizes what life in their small town in the Pacific Northwest has been like for her more outgoing, darker-skinned sister.