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▾Tags ▾LibraryThing Recommendations ▾Member recommendations Swap identities, trade places -- children's/young adult fiction(9) Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Showing 1-5 of 11 (next | show all) A Boy named Alaric's life has unraveled in the two years since he lost his mother in a terrible train crash. He and his father are barely speaking, and their home, Withern Rise, is in shambles. A Girl Naia tries not to dwell on the accident that nearly killed her mother two years ago, now that life with her parents at Withern Rise has returned to normal.They are One and the Same, and Alaric and Naia do not know each other, or that they are living nearly identical lives. But when they meet, their resemblance to each other is unmistakable. As their lives entwine, they uncover a truth that has the power to rearrange, or even erase, their very existence. mbrandel | May 4, 2016 | very confusing ( ) IssacDiamond | May 21, 2013 | This review was originally posted on my blog, The Reading Hammock (readinghammock.blogspot.com). This is the type of book that I can reread thousands of times and still never tire of. As soon as I picked it up, I couldn’t put it down. The beginning was slightly confusing because the author shifts between the two major characters and their respective realities. However, my initial confusion soon turned into a deeper interest in the story and my discovery of its true originality. At the end of the first book, I was glad to see that this is part of a trilogy. The author cleverly continues this story and keeps the reader’s attention. The world of Lawrence’s trilogy contains an everlasting number of realities, containing the same people with different fates. This idea was brought to a whole new level in the sequels of this novel. I highly recommend this story to anyone looking for an interesting read. ( ) ReadingHammock | Aug 7, 2011 | This ties with Westerfeld's Midnighter's trilogy as my favorite science fiction (soft sci-fi). It left me pondering the branches of parallel worlds that are created and destroyed with the choices we make. We never know! ( ) storyteller1020 | Jan 28, 2011 | Alaric and Naia are closer than siblings - even closer than twins. They are two versions of the same person, living in two, alternate dimensions, and when their lives are suddenly and inexplicably brought together by a carved model known as Lexie's Folly, they are forced to rethink everything they know about the universe, their families, and themselves. Alaric's mother, Alex Underwood, was involved in a terrible train crash when he was fourteen. She had a fifty-fifty chance of dying. She died. Naia's mother, Alex Underwood, was also involved in a train crash when she was fourteen. This Alex also had a fifty-fifty chance of dying. She lived. Because of this difference, Alaric and Naia's lives are completely different. Naia is carefree and lively, a lot like her mother, while Alaric is sullen and withdrawn, living an almost speechless life with his father in their old, Victorian house in the outskirts of London. His only source of happiness is his Aunt Liney, who acts as a sort of babysitter while Alaric's father is away, but Alaric rejects her as well, still bitter over his mother's death. A Crack in the Line by Michael Lawrence is incomplete on its own - it needs to be read with its sequel - Small Eternities (which also leaves you dangling). But I've heard The Underwood See (I still haven't read it, but I'd like to) will tie all the loose ends together beautifully. One thing's for sure - these three books form a thought-provoking, intriguing trilogy that you just can't miss! ( ) IceyBooks | Nov 16, 2010 | Showing 1-5 of 11 (next | show all) ▾Published reviews ▾Common Knowledge
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May 16, 2009 another really well-written story by walters. The 'inside' view it gives of the experience of having a member of the family on assignment in afghanistan was eye-opening. You can certainly connect on a very deep and personal level to the lot of those families waiting for news of their loved one as well as the terrible suffering those families endure when their loved one returns 'wounded.