A New York Times Bestseller!

Don't miss the series debut that readers are calling Gossip Girl meets The Umbrella Academy and one of the best boarding school books. At Darkwood Academy, secret societies rule and nothing is as it seems...

This fall, six new students are joining the junior class at the elite Darkwood Academy. But they aren't your regular over-achieving teens. They're DNA duplicates, and these "similars" are joining the class alongside their originals.

The Similars are all anyone can talk about. Who are they? What are the odds that all of them would be Darkwood students? And who is the madman who broke the law to create them? Emmaline Chance could care less. Her best friend, Oliver, died over the summer and it's all she can do to get through each day without him. Then she comes face-to-heartbreaking-face with Levi, Oliver's exact DNA copy and one of the Similars.

Emma wants nothing to do with the Similars, but she keeps getting pulled deeper into their world. She can't escape the dark truths about them or her prestigious school. No one can be trusted, not even the boy she is falling for with Oliver's face.

This exhilarating and riveting debut by Rebecca Hanover is the next obsession for readers who devoured One of Us Is Lying, Tell Me Three Things, Scythe, and Stronger, Faster, and More Beautiful.

Perfect for readers looking for:

• teen books for girls age 13-16
• young adult bestsellers
• exciting thriller series

Praise for The Similars:
"Fascinating. I was captivated."—Francine Pascal, bestselling author of the Sweet Valley High and Fearless series
"[A]s immersive and fast-paced as it is shrewd, compelling and heartbreaking."—Ray Kurzweil, inventor, futurist, and New York Times bestselling author
"A fast-paced thriller about identity and love."—Publishers Weekly
"Episodic and fast-moving with plenty of twists and one very big turn that will delight mystery readers."—Booklist

Also in this series:
The Pretenders (Book 2)

In this thrilling sequel to New York Times bestselling mystery book for teens The Similars, Emma must figure out who she really is, decide between two boys with the same face, and stop a dangerous revenge plan.

Emma is still reeling from the events of her junior year at the elite boarding school Darkwood. Not only is her best friend, Oliver, shockingly alive, but the boy she loves—his genetic copy, Levi—is still on the island where he grew up, stranded with his deranged guardian.

More importantly, she is grappling with who she really is. Emma can't accept the hard truths she learned last year and refuses to share her secrets with anyone, isolating herself from the Similars and Ollie.

But when more of the Similars' creator's plot is revealed, Emma and her friends will have to try to stop him from putting a plan into motion that could destroy everyone she loves.

Don't miss this propulsive conclusion to The Similars duology!

Praise for The Similars duology:
"Plenty of action...and the end is a deftly handled twist on a twist that will confound readers in a good way."—Booklist on The Pretenders
"An engaging ride...the novel calls attention to larger questions of identity, selfhood, and what it means to be human."—Kirkus on The Pretenders
"Fascinating. I was captivated."—Francine Pascal, bestselling author of the Sweet Valley High and Fearless series on The Similars
"[A]s immersive and fast-paced as it is shrewd, compelling and heartbreaking."—Ray Kurzweil, inventor, futurist, and New York Times bestselling author on The Similars

Also in this series:
The Similars (Book 1)