Title: Three Black Swans
Author: Caroline B. Cooney
Year: 2010
Genre: Suspense, realistic fiction
Age: 6th grade up
Summary: When sixteen-year-old Missy Vianello decides to try to convince her classmates that her cousin Claire is really her long-lost identical twin, she has no idea that the results of her prank will be so life-changing. (Summary from Follett Titlewave)
Review: Ever have a friend who felt like a sister? Cooney expertly plays on this feeling in Three Black Swans. The cousin/sister/twins each have a distinct personality and background, making it easy to relate to one or all of them, but the real star here is the story. It's tightly woven and in the end offers up a great twist. The only part of this book that really grated on me was the quote the title comes from. It's from the Wallstreet Journal and each set of parents reads it out loud to their daughter and have an awkward discussion about it. I'm sure Cooney meant it to tie the novel together, but instead it took me out of my reading experience. Each time it came up I rolled my eyes, but kept going for the plot.
I recommend this book to those who liked The Face on the Milk Carton and anyone girl who has a friend that feels like a sister.
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