Books with title Always Twins

"You two are just alike!" everyone tells duckling twins Olivia and Lily. But while Olivia likes to "jump in the mud," run around, and quack so everyone can hear, Lily prefers studying and daydreaming. These different activities don't always work well together, and eventually the twins grow annoyed by their differences and head off in opposite directions. But the twins can't stand to be apart for long. Lily comes looking for Olivia only to find her stuck in a tree. An adventure ennsues then ends in a frightening tumble. Finally safe, the twins realize that while sometimes they are the same and sometimes they are different, one thing is certain: they are "always twins."

Always My Twin , for young children who have experienced the death of their twin sibling, is a book for any child whose twin died before birth, after birth or as a young child. The story is based on the author's own experience of losing a newborn twin daughter in 2002. The book tells the story through the eyes of a young girl whose twin sister dies shortly after their births. She begins her story with sharing the womb with her twin, the joy of her family anticipating the arrival of twins, the family's pain of losing one of their precious babies, and her own expressions of grief for her twin's death. The surviving twin also shares with the audience the precious ways in which she and her family remember her twin throughout the year. Included are interactive pages for the reader to respond to with pictures, identifying feelings and providing family information. Heartache, healing and hope are evident through the author's words and the illustrator's artwork in telling the story of loss and love. Whether twins were identical or fraternal, separated by death at birth or years later, Always My Twin will find a special place in the hearts of surviving twin children and their families. A list of support resources for families who have experienced the death of a baby (including the death of a twin or higher multiple) is available in the back of the book.

St Lucius Sixth Form College on the remote island of Trelewan prides itself on being one of the most private and exclusive boarding schools in the world. Its students, the children of high profile figures in the fields of entertainment, sports and politics are infinitely rich and privileged and yet they all have secrets in their pasts which necessitate their isolation from society. Amelia Cross, daughter of the notorious Robert Cross, ‘Noughts and Crosses Killer’, has more reason than most to want to hide away. With her picture splashed across the front pages of newspapers alongside her father, many people wrongfully believe she played a part in his horrific crimes. Now with her father behind bars she wants to move on with her life. There is little chance of that however, when a fellow student is murdered, bearing the same marks as her father’s victims, and she is labelled suspect number 1. A face from the past returns and Amelia has no choice but to try and unmask the murderer before she is arrested for a crime she did not commit. With the help of her friend Magnus, a Swedish computer hacker, and two unconventional and unpredictable agents planted at St Lucius by her father, Amelia starts to delve into the pasts of her fellow students. Can she find out who the killer is before they strike again?