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Duplicity

Seventeen-year-old aloof hacker Brandon Eriks likes to avoid friends and relationships until he meets Emma. Just when things are looking up, Brandon's reflection in the mirror begins moving independently and pulls Brandon through the glass where he will need his hacking skills to escape.

Masterminds

"A group of kids discovers they were cloned from the DNA of some of the greatest criminal masterminds in history for a sociological experiment"--.

The Originals

Seventeen-year-olds Lizzie, Ella, and Betsey Best are clones, raised as identical triplets by their surrogate mother but taking turns living as her one daughter, Elizabeth, until their separate abilities and a romantic relationship force a change.

Body doubles

cloning plants and animals
2009
Discusses the cloning process, cloning experiments done with plants and animals, and the advantages and moral issues surrounding cloning. Includes a timeline, glossary, and sources of additional information.

Mary Modern

a novel
2008
Young geneticist Lucy Morrigan, frustrated with her inability to get pregnant and her failure to earn tenure, decides to clone her grandmother Mary in the high-tech laboratory set up in the basement of the crumbling family mansion, and succeeds in bringing to life a twenty-two-year-old version of Mary who, while attracted to Lucy's boyfriend, longs for her long-dead husband.

Crashland

a Twinmaker novel
"In this sequel to Twinmaker, the world's teleportation network has crashed, armies of dupes are attacking--and Clair must determine her allegiances, figure out how to find her mysterious online friend called Q, and stay alive"--.

Genetics and genetic engineering

2004
A hotly debated topic in America today. Issues such as decisions about genetic testing to screen for disease susceptibility and the implications for tests results; whether to permit cloning of human organs and the moral dilemma of "playing God"; and the advisability of raising genetically modified crops are discussed in coffee shops and classsrooms across the nation.

The lord of Opium

Scorpion#2
2013
In 2137, fourteen-year-old Matt is stunned to learn that, as the clone of El Patr?on, he is expected to take over as leader of the corrupt drug empire of Opium, where there is also a hidden cure for the ecological devastation faced by the rest of the world.

False future

Rhys, Noble, Sophia, and Peter cannot face their enemy, True Earth, without Miranda but when they revive her, she is horrified to find her world in flames and must use her grief to fuel her spirit as she helps to seek Mr. East, who must be turned in for the brutal enemy occupation of Manhattan to end.

Human cloning

religious responses
1997
Contains twelve essays in which Christian scholars debate the theological and ethical concerns raised over the issue of human cloning.

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