Review: Double Take - Melody Carlson

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Looking for a fun tale ?
Have you read the fairytale of the Prince and Pauper ?
 
Review: Double Take - Melody Carlson - June 2011
Are you a fan or do you remember the tale of the Prince and Pauper ? The story where two boys meet who looked identical , both fed up with their lives decide to switch places only to discover at the end -what each were missing from their old lives and the surprise people got when their true identities were revealed ? I love that story, which probably is the reason I loved the movie The Parent Trap and the TV/Book series The Lying Game.
Christian author Melody Carlson decides to take that story and turn it into an The Amish and the Englischer with Double Take. We meet Madison - the Englischer who is fed up with her life and stressed and with spring break coming up sees the opportunity to disappear and Anna - an Amish girl , she justs wants to be free to live her life, away from the countless chores and looking after her siblings, she yearns for more. On a chance meeting, the two girls discover that they could pass as identical twins and with each wanting a taste of what's on the other side, they decide to switch places. Madison heads to life as an Amish as Anna and Anna heads to the City to be Madison. What will happen when they take a walk in each others shoes ? Will they find themselves falling for their newfound life or will they discover that they miss parts of their old lives ? What will happen when their true identities are discovered ?
Double Take was a fun, light-hearted story of what it is like to "literally" take a walk in another's shoes and another brillantly written book by Melody Carlson - one of my all-time favourite Christian Teen Authors.
 
 
 

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