About this Book

Arielle Leitner, like many young children, creates an imaginary friend named Vicki and dubs Vicki her twin because Arielle wants a sister. At eight years old, Arielle spots a girl through the window at a train station who looks exactly like her. Suddenly Arielle's imaginary friend has come alive and Arielle is very excited. She starts waving at the girl, who also sees her. Arielle's dad scolds her for causing a commotion on the train at 1:00 a.m. The next day at home Arielle's dad gently tells her not to be acting as if she wants a sister because it would be upsetting to her mother. As she grows up, Arielle glimpses her look-alike two more times, impassioning her curiosity and causing her to question her parents' suggestions that everyone has a look-alike and she need not be so upset that she can't connect with this girl. Still, Arielle can't suppress her feelings of wanting to find the girl who looks just like her.