Master Minds

Five teenagers live in the perfect, controlled town of Serenity. But, when they notice strange things happening they discover that the adults who preserve the face of the town are hiding a sinister secret: the teens are actually clones, exact replicas of dangerous criminals, and are part of a nature vs. nuture experiment. This award-winning resource for grades 5-8 is mixed with comedy, suspense, and wisdom, and would be a good read-aloud or novel study and could launch thought-provoking discussions of the legal and ethical issues of cloning, genetic manipulation, and social experimentation. Pre-teaching needed for issues and topics presented.