The Midnight Twins

At age 13 Merry and Mally had experienced almost being murdered and fighting a bad guy all while dealing with boy problems. The Midnight Twins, by Jacquelyn Mitchard, is about two twins, Merry and Mally. Mally can see the future and Merry can see the past. In order to over come evil the twins have to learn to trust each other, which was difficult. One of the obstacles the girls had to over come was stopping Merry's friend's brother, David, from killing animals by using their abilities to find out where this was occurring. This leads them to follow him to a construction site where they save a girl but almost die. This book had a wonderful structure and a realistic fantasy genre. There is always something exciting happening. The recurring theme of good versus evil and the ability to relate to this book along with the structure and genre of the Midnight Twins is what made this book very entertaining.

  the reacuring battle of good versus evil made The Midnight Twins such an enjoyable book. If the twins aren’t in a roaring fire they’re stopping the neighborhood boy who murders animals. Merry and Mally represent good in this story while David represents evil. Alex, one of the girls friends lso represents good, while his boss represents evil. An examle of good versus evil is when Merry and Mally were baby-sitting their cousins, David sets off fireworks all around the house then throws a fire starter on the top of the house, this caused Merry to get a scar and gain the ability to see the past. This book had plenty of emotions mixed into this book. There were scary parts, such as when Mary is almost killed by David. There were sad parts such as, David dying when he misses his footing trying to kill Mary. There were happy parts such as when the twins friend Alex saves them from another confrontation with death, when David tries to run them over with a bulldozer. In this book there was never a dull moment. The unexpected obstacles that that the girls faced made the...