Caitlin Hicks

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What? You have a twin?

An identical twin sister?
What if you suddenly discovered that you had a twin?  A person who grew beside you in your mother’s womb, whose heart beat right next to your own for nine months. A person identical to yourself, born on the same day to the same mother.

Suddenly, your questions are endless: Who are you? Who is your mother? Why have you been separated from your twin — and your mother — all your life? Where is she? Who is she?

The world looks completely different.

In Magda’s Odyssey, fourteen-year-old Magda’s discovers that she is an identical twin. Furious and wanting to know Why?, she runs away from her adopted family, determined to find her sister. Her quest leads her deep into wilderness.

Magda’s Odyssey, written by Deanna Barnhardt Kawatski:

“Brimming with adventures and heart, Magda’s Odyssey takes its reader by the hand and won’t let go. Magda and her twin sister, Mariel, are determined to reunite. In this beautifully written story, they cross continents and oceans in order to do so. Never daunted, they are helped on their journeys by beloved animals and the kindness of unexpected friends. You’ll learn how to survive in the wild, and to fight for your dreams. Full of magical landscapes and a wise and deep love of the natural world, Magda’s Odyssey is a treasure.”

-Marjorie Simmins, award winning journalist/author of Coastal Lives and Year of the Horse

 

 

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