Linked by Imogen Howsonġ5-year-old Elissa has been haunted for years by pain and fear emotions that don't seem to have anything to do with her or her otherwise untroubled life. First published in 1948, the exploits of the Marlow family have been reprinted and repackaged and readers can follow the girls as they move up the school. This is a delightful journey into another era but still relevant, (apart from the knife). Naturally, nothing goes according to plan and the girls find themselves in all sorts of scrapes as they readjust their expectations and learn where their individual strengths really lie. Oh, how times have changed! The girls are determined to excel in all areas of school life and set about trying to distinguish themselves and live up to their older sisters' reputations. Nichola and Lawrie, the 12-year-old Marlow twins, are off to boarding school and Nichola has proudly packed her brand new 16-blade knife. Set in Austria and Germany rather than England and America it is a charming book and one that I loved when I was 12. Sound familiar? This is the original story on which the film Parent Trap was based. Of course there are problems as the girls pretend to be each other and things come to a head when their father reveals his intention to remarry. At the end of the summer they swap places and Lottie goes to live with her father, whom she's never met, and Lisa goes to meet her mother. It doesn't take them long to work out that they are identical twins who were separated at birth when their parents divorced. Outgoing Lisa and shy Lottie are thrown together when they attend summer camp on Lake Bohren. Her latest book, Me, Myself, Milly, explores the dynamic between two identical twin sisters. Penelope Bush is the author of Alice in Time and Diary of a Lottery Winner's Daughter. I can't help noticing that in the following list the most uncomplicated and well-adjusted twins appear in the books written pre 1950s." Milly knows the time has come for her to live her own life but it's not easy because Lily won't let go without a fight. It doesn't help that her identical twin sister is all those things and more. The story is narrated by Milly a shy, self-conscious 14-year-old who wishes she could be outgoing and self-confident. This is certainly the case in Me, Myself, Milly. Their move is in direct contrast of big-time hedge funds, says retired finance professor Chuck Hannema.In teen fiction, where the twins are often reaching adolescence, a recurring theme is one of identity when one or both of the twins is seeking to assert their own individual personality. Kriens, an example of the internet investing community, led by Reddit page WallStreetBets, rallying behind GameStop and other struggling companies like AMC Theaters and Nokia. It's just kind of a good feeling I guess," Kriens said. There was no scientific backing to it whatsoever. "It was based almost just on memes and wild hype on the internet. So then why did someone like Anthony Kriens, a casual observer of the stock market, buy stock in GameStop Monday? It started with a suggestion from a trusted friend, then some quick internet research. Nothing about GameStop screams "sound investment opportunity." The brick-and-mortar retailer has seen sales decline and stores close as the market to buy video games shifts online. Over the last week, online buyers drove stocks up nearly 800%. The video game retailer's shares rose 134% in an unlikely rally. But there have been several big winners this week, with one in particular stealing headlines: GameStop.
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