This just made me feel comforted.

Loved the way that information was presented in such a mysterious way. Loved all the characters and the mother daughter dynamic. Loved how simple the science was!.

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I JUST FOUND OUT THE NYPL HAS 19 OF THE 24 REPLICA BOOKS

OH MAN OH MAN OH MAN

GUESS WHO'S BINGE READING THESE BAD BOYS ON HOLIDAY oh MAN this series has stuck with me since I read them at age 7 or so and I've been thinking about them for years!!!

Edit: oh gosh darn it, books 3-8 are the ones missing! rude!!! ( )

This is put together from a longer, more cohesive review of books I read in the series, that I posted on my Dreamwidth. It might be disjointed.

This is the Replica series by Marilyn Kaye, about a girl who discovers she's a superpowered, invincible clone and finds other clones. I read two books of it when it first came out. I wanted to read the whole thing but only read those two. Now, I read the first book and the original two books I had. The series ran from 1998-2002. It had twenty-four main books. The Circle of Three series ran from 2001-2002. It had fifteen books. "Animorphs" ran from 1996-2001. It had CORRECTION: Fifty-four, not twenty-five, main books plus four Megamorphs and a bunch of other world-building ones. I mention the other two wildly different series for a simple reason: the way each handles exposition, continuity, and backstory; and how each links them all together.

The Replica series author desperately should have read and taken lessons from "The Circle of Three" series by Isobel Bird. There's not too much exposition in it actually, and the backstory is sprinkled in. The continuity is smooth enough that it's only kind of annoying when you read them all in a week. "Animorphs" level of continuity, backstory, and exposition blows both "Replica" and "Circle of Three" series out of the water. It's the same length as "Replica." The backstory appears in the same first few chapters of each book in "Animorphs," and for good reason. It's nostalgic and reassuring for someone who read so much of it as a kid. For someone reading the series for the first time, it's probably helpful. It's a positive thing. I get why it's in there. "Replica" does a terrible job, and I only read three books out of the series. The first book, "Amy, Number Seven," is padded and bloated, but does a good job of laying the groundwork for the series and the worldbuilding is good. I gave it originally five stars for what it was trying to do and how it set things up. I was much more forgiving of it than the other two. The series then goes on to mention a good half of the first book, nearly word-for-word in some books, for the whole series. It's clunky, pointless, annoying, and boring. Just a few sentences would do! A paragraph! Not enormous hunks of the first book. ( )

This was actually the first book I read in English, which tells you it's pretty simple language wise (I had to look up the word "zillion" only and I was armed with highschool English, which I was failing) but the story is engaging and, although in retrospect the plot is not that original, I still believe it's well written. I read as much of the series as I could find later on and had to stop for lack of availability around book 12. ( )

This was actually the first book I read in English, which tells you it's pretty simple language wise (I had to look up the word "zillion" only and I was armed with highschool English, which I was failing) but the story is engaging and, although in retrospect the plot is not that original, I still believe it's well written. I read as much of the series as I could find later on and had to stop for lack of availability around book 12. ( )

This science fiction thriller follows Amy Candler, a seemingly normal twelve-year old girl. Except Amy is astonished by the changes happening to her body as she goes through 'puberty'. She can hear across rooms, see for miles, and perform gymnastic routines perfectly that she's never even attempted before. This story will have you in suspense from the beginning, guessing what exactly is happening to Amy. And what Amy's mother is hiding. Amy misses several clues throughout the story about what is happening to her and constantly lies to her mother and puts herself into dangerous and life-threatening situations. But Amy's mother can't seem to cover up the fact that she's hiding a secret. Overall this book will keep you guessing until the very last page. Recommended for ages 9+ ( )