The Dark Clone

Deborah Dowson is a Canadian children’s librarian living in Powell,
Ohio.

Miranda Martin never gets into trouble—in fact, she is programmed to
be perfect. Someone impersonating her is caught on video vandalizing the
school and shoplifting. It seems impossible that her clones Ariel and
Eve could be involved, but there doesn’t seem to be any other
explanation. When Dr. Mullen announces to the world that he has created
the first clone, who is a boy named Adam, it seems possible that he
plans to eliminate Miranda and her clones altogether. Miranda
deliberates between exposing Dr. Mullen’s evil ways to the world and
protecting herself and her family by keeping her existence a secret. In
the end, Miranda decides to do the courageous thing, even if it changes
her world forever.

This sci-fi novel for young adults is the third in a series (the first
two were Cloning Miranda and The Second Clone) that explores the medical
and ethical implications of cloning from the perspective of a young teen
who has been cloned to replace an only child who had died. As Miranda
tries to understand who she is and what her life means, she encounters
many of the moral problems and questions that cloning would give rise
to, as well as the common concerns that all teens can identify with.
Although filled with thoughtful questions, the story is simple to read,
fast- paced, and thrilling. Recommended.