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School Library Journal
Reviewed on March 1, 2013 | Grades 5-up
Gr 7 Up—With The Different Girl, Dahlquist presents a cryptic vision of the future through the eyes of artificial intelligence. Life has always been the same for four teens. The girls study their island with the help of their teachers. Each day is the same: walking and talking and building upon the things they l...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on February 1, 2013
Four girls, alone on an island, cared for by Irene and Robbert. Four girls all the same, and all doing "almost always the exact thing as one another." Identical except for hair color -- Isobel's is lemon yellow, Caroline's brown, Eleanor's black, and Veronika's red -- the girls are orphans, knowing only that their parents were killed in a plane crash. They have no memories of their parents, but Dahlquist drops hints as to who -- what -- these girls are: they must learn ho...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
