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Chapters (68)
  1. Cover
  2. Dedication
  3. Epigraph
  4. One
  5. Two
  6. Chapter One
  7. Three
  8. Four
  9. Five
  10. Six
  11. Chapter Two
  12. Seven
  13. Eight
  14. Nine
  15. Chapter Three
  16. Ten
  17. Eleven
  18. Chapter Four
  19. Twelve
  20. Thirteen
  21. Fourteen
  22. Chapter Five
  23. Fifteen
  24. Sixteen
  25. Chapter Six
  26. Seventeen
  27. Eighteen
  28. Nineteen
  29. Chapter Seven
  30. Twenty
  31. Twenty-One
  32. Twenty-Two
  33. Chapter Eight
  34. Twenty-Three
  35. Twenty-Four
  36. Twenty-Five
  37. Chapter Nine
  38. Twenty-Six
  39. Twenty-Seven
  40. Chapter Ten
  41. Twenty-Eight
  42. Twenty-Nine
  43. Thirty
  44. Thirty-One
  45. Chapter Eleven
  46. Thirty-Two
  47. Thirty-Three
  48. Thirty-Four
  49. Thirty-Five
  50. Chapter Twelve
  51. Thirty-Six
  52. Thirty-Seven
  53. Thirty-Eight
  54. Chapter Thirteen
  55. Thirty-Nine
  56. Forty
  57. Forty-One
  58. Forty-Two
  59. Chapter Fourteen
  60. Forty-Three
  61. Forty-Four
  62. Forty-Five
  63. Forty-Six
  64. Forty-Seven
  65. Chapter Fifteen
  66. The Following Summer
  67. About the Author
  68. About the Publisher

She smiled at Cassie, whose head jerked back. Ali was pleased. She’s underestimated me. Seconds ticked by as she waited for Cassie to respond.

Instead, Cassie turned to Ms. Ryder. “Can Ali and I be excused for a minute?”

Ms. Ryder sounded as confused as Ali felt. “I suppose.”

Cassie grabbed Ali’s hand and pulled her out the door. She dragged her to the closest washroom, checked to make sure it was empty, then marched Ali to the sink. On the verge of tears, she asked, “What are you?”

A sense of dread overtook Ali. What was going on? “I don’t know what you mean.” She searched Cassie’s face for an explanation.

Cassie pointed at the mirror. “Open your mouth and look in the mirror.”

Heart pounding, Ali did. A gap that shouldn’t be there separated her front teeth. But it wasn’t just her teeth. Something strange and fiery rushed through her, almost knocking her to the ground. She steadied herself against the sink and watched in horror as her gray eyes turned blue and her dark hair lightened to match Cassie’s. Within seconds she was Cassie’s twin. Panic-stricken, she turned to the other girl, who had backed up against the bathroom door, eyes wild.

“I—” Ali began, but Cassie cut her off.

“Are you some kind of witch?” Cassie whispered. Not waiting for a response, she fled.

Stunned, Ali stumbled into a stall and locked the door. This wasn’t supposed to happen. Gigi had promised it wouldn’t. But it was happening, and even worse, it was happening at school. Ali was a Copycat, and she had no idea what to do.

Chapter Five

The Benefits of Fog

Typically, most fogs burn off by lunchtime. A Mrs. Betty Horncastle of Seely’s Cove swears that the fog is the key to her spectacular wild roses and that the salty moisture in the air helps her and her chickens sleep.

—PERCIVAL T. SLOANE,

A History of Fog in the Bay of Fundy (1932)

Fifteen

From her hiding spot in the locked bathroom stall, Ali waited to be arrested. She imagined Cassie rushing back to Ms. Ryder’s class and announcing to everyone that Ali was a witch. Ms. Ryder would have called the police and asked Murray to lead the debaters out of the school in a well-ordered fashion. She pictured a SWAT team creeping down the hallway toward the washroom while reporters outside said things like “It seems twelve-year-old debater Ali Sloane is not what she seems.” No doubt the police had already descended on Gigi’s house and arrested her family.