Triplets uncover the dark and unnatural secret of their birth.
Sisters Lizzie, Betsey, and Ellie have always been known to the world by a single name: Elizabeth Best. They follow a complex rotation of school days and nighttime activities, the same way they have since their scientist mother took them on the run when the authorities discovered that the girls aren’t actually triplets, but clones. Now that the sisters are older, this shared identity is causing problems: Lizzie, the narrator, wants to date Sam, but Ellie’s more interested in David—and of course, “Elizabeth” can only have one boyfriend. When Lizzie sees a picture of a girl who looks strikingly similar to her and her sisters, she starts to wonder if this might be the Original from which she and her sisters were cloned. As Lizzie starts to investigate, she discovers a larger, darker secret at play that might change everything.