There is one small difference between the sisters: Ivy is a vampire, as are many other members of this small community. The girls figure out their relationship themselves (they look alike, share a birthday, are both adopted, have the same emerald ring from their birth parents), and in true 'Parent Trap'-style they plan many adventures switching places. Gr 46Having just moved to Franklin Grove, finding new friends and fitting in on the cheerleading squad seem like daunting enough tasks for bubbly eighth-grader Olivia, but when she discovers that her Goth-dressed, dark-humored science partner, Ivy, is her long-lost twin, things take an interesting twist. '(Aug.)' Copyright 2007 Publishers Weekly Used with permission. For those who crave vampire lite, the novel features likable heroines and comical scenarios. How long will it take for Ivy to confess that she and her pals are vampires? Long enough for Olive to want to stand by her, because blood is thicker than water (to which her twin responds, And better tasting, too!).

In the inevitable 'Parent Trap'esque move, they decide to change places, but just at school. And indeed she has: when she spies the emerald ring on Olivia's finger, identical to the one Ivy wears around her neck, the two figure out that they are twins, adopted at the age of one by different parents.

Charlotte, the snooty self-appointed cheerleading captain, befriends Olivia, as does ultra Goth Ivy, who feels strongly that she has met the new girl before. Perky Olivia, who hopes to join the cheerleading squad, notices an abundance of white-faced, black-clad goths in her pretty pink dress, she looks like a lollipop in a graveyard. Launching the My Sister the Vampire series, this predictable if cute caper opens on Olivia's first day of eighth grade at a new school. By Grade + Interest - K to 1st By Grade + Interest - 2nd to 3rd By Grade + Interest - 4th to 5th

Switched by Sienna Mercer