The First Escape (the first book in the DG the Dopple Ganger Chronicles) by G. P. Taylor is about three orphans/abandoned children at Isambard Dunstan's School for Wayward Children. Just by the name of that school, you know they're going to try to escape a place like that. Sadie and Saskia Dopple are twins there who wreak havoc and chaos together - until Saskia is adopted by a wealthy woman and Sadie is left at the school. Former thief Erik was abandoned by his father at the all girls' school, but he stays there as a janitor and sits in the back of the classrooms. Sadie and Erik join forces to escape and plan to find Saskia. Will they succeed?
I like this book a lot. It's part book and part comic book and I was surprised how well it flowed all together. I loved it, and I usually don't like comic books. The characters in this book were very amusing. They always had tricks up their sleeves and made me giggle. The art work was awesome - eye candy to a generation used to television. My thirteen-year-old brother ooh-ed over the cover and said he would diffidently read this when I was finished with it. I think a lot of middle school aged kids would love this book (ages 10+). All in all, a great book!
I received a complimentary copy of the book for review purposes from Tyndale House.
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