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    Mirror Image
    Mirror Image
    Mirror Image
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    Mirror Image

    By K.L. Denman

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    Sable wears only black and has always felt that doom is near. Lacey wears pink and seeks beauty everywhere.

    A sadistic art teacher pairs Sable and Lacey together for their final project. The girls have to get to know one another and select a suitable poem for the back of each other's decorative mirror. Sable is less than thrilled at having to spend time with Lacey, who she believes to be nothing more than a brainless doll. As the project progresses, and Sable gets past her resentment, she learns some surprising truths about who Lacey really is. All of Sable's images begin to change, including the one she holds of herself.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOrca Book Publishers
    Release dateMar 1, 2007
    ISBN9781554696734
    Mirror Image
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    K.L. Denman

    K.L. Denman a écrit de nombreux romans pour la jeunesse, notamment Destination Human et Agent Angus publiés par Orca. Bon nombre de ses ouvrages ont figuré aux palmarès des meilleurs livres de l’année, et Me, Myself and Ike a été finaliste au Prix littéraire du Gouverneur général. K.L. Denman vit à Delta, en Colombie-Britannique.

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      Mirror Image - K.L. Denman

      Chapter One

      I feel that doom is near. This feeling makes me angry and nervous. I keep looking for the cause and can’t find it. It could be that aliens are finally going to attack and turn us into slaves. Or we’re all going to catch the flu and puke to death. Or the holes in the ozone layer will grow so big we’ll be fried by the sun. Or maybe the senior humans will do something really stupid, like start the third world war and kaboom. Game over.

      How’s a girl supposed to cope with this? I hate the big cloud of dread that hangs over me. I want to get rid of it, take control. So what do people do when they can’t stand the way things are?

      I’ve made lists:

      Become a politician (I doubt anyone would vote for me.)

      Join a secret underground group (How do you find secret underground groups?)

      Become a scientist and invent alien detectors. Or ozone menders. Or an auto-kill switch for nuclear weapons. (No way would I wear a white lab coat. I wear only black.)

      I decided to wear only black when I was thirteen and my mother bought me a frilly lime green dress. Who wants to be caught wearing lime green on the day the world ends?

      There’s this girl in my art class who would die wearing hot pink if our doom arrived today. She always wears pink. Of all the people on the planet, she annoys me more than anyone else. Her name is Lacey and she’s quite the experiment in Artificial Stupidity. For example, I heard her telling one of the other girls about her boyfriend.

      Chad is so, like, perfect for me, right? Because he’s just soooo cute! He has an amazing six-pack and white teeth and such good hair. And he knows how to dress! I mean, when I’m with him, it’s like having the best purse or something, right? We just look so good together!

      She actually thinks her boyfriend is some sort of fashion accessory.

      I’ve never talked to Lacey because, clearly, it would be a waste of breath. I don’t even know why people like her were born. What is she good for? Proof that evolution can go backward? Sure, she’s pretty, but that’s about it. Dolls are pretty too, and I got bored with them years ago. Meh. I hardly ever played with them even when I was little. Why would I bother with a brainless doll now?

      Sadly these things can be forced on us.

      Chapter Two

      I don’t especially like art, but I’m taking it anyway. My school says all grade nine students must take something artsy, and it was art, music or drama. Not exactly fair when I suck at all of them and would rather be in science. But here again, I have no power to change things. So I’m in art class and the teacher, Mr. Ripley, asks us to give him suggestions for our final project. He’s a good one, the sort of teacher who is honestly interested in what kids have to say.

      I do not raise my hand. But Lacey does.

      Yes, Lacey? he says.

      This is the coolest idea, Mr. Ripley! I read about it in the paper. Okay, I didn’t read the paper, but my dad did, and he, like, told me about it. Some artists on Vancouver Island are making these old school mirrors, right? People used to make these mirrors, like, a few hundred years ago and now these artists are making them again.

      Why is that? Mr. Ripley asks.

      Okay. So. First of all, they make the frames really fancy, right? The original frames were carved out of wood. Now they’re using wood pulp to form them.

      Wood pulp?

      Yeah, she says. Then she giggles and adds, Believe it or not.

      I can’t believe she said that. So lame. Mr. Ripley must have heard it about a thousand times by now. A few idiots in the class actually laugh at Lacey’s joke. She tosses her long blond hair and keeps yapping.

      But I bet we could make the frame out of papier-mâché.

      Mr. Ripley’s expression hasn’t changed. He still looks interested in what Lacey is saying. He strokes his chin and says, Papier-mâché sounds like a good substitute. So you want to make a unique mirror frame?

      Right! Lacey is bouncing in her seat now, looking very excited. But that’s not all. The really cool thing about the mirrors is that a piece of poetry goes on the back.

      Mr. Ripley’s brows slant down. I’m sorry. I don’t quite see the purpose of that. Why would you put poetry behind the mirror? No one would be able to see it.

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