Like Father Like Son (Replica 20) [Paperback]

Marilyn Kaye (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 9, 2001 | Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up | Series: Replica (Book 20)

Chris Skinner, Amy’s new boyfriend, comes from a broken home. He hasn’t seen his father in, like, forever. And when his dad finally appears, it isn’t to make up for Chris’s miserable childhood. Mr. Skinner is ill — so ill that he needs a bone marrow transplant. Chris could be the perfect match. Nothing strange in that, except . . .

What if ailing grown-ups could tap into a guaranteed reserve of healthy body parts? What if innocent kids were being harmed? What if you were bred to become an unwilling donor? Amy knows she’s blessed with superhuman genes, but no way, nohow is she going to let herself, or any other kid, fall prey to freakish science-fiction experiments!

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Chris Skinner, Amy?s new boyfriend, comes from a broken home. He hasn?t seen his father in, like, forever. And when his dad finally appears, it isn?t to make up for Chris?s miserable childhood. Mr. Skinner is ill ? so ill that he needs a bone marrow transplant. Chris could be the perfect match. Nothing strange in that, except . . .

What if ailing grown-ups could tap into a guaranteed reserve of healthy body parts? What if innocent kids were being harmed? What if you were bred to become an unwilling donor? Amy knows she?s blessed with superhuman genes, but no way, nohow is she going to let herself, or any other kid, fall prey to freakish science-fiction experiments!

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 8 and up
  
• Paperback: 133 pages
• Publisher: Skylark (October 9, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0553487485
• ISBN-13: 978-0553487480
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,011,931 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Clones and More Clones, October 17, 2001

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Susan V. (Massachusetts, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Like Father Like Son (Replica 20) (Paperback)

This story is creepy! At first, Chris Skinners' so-called father comes to Chris because he's very sick and needs a bone marrow transplant, so Chris gives some of his bone marrow to his father Paul to save his life.
Chris lookes so much like Paul, a former famous football player.
A rock star Tony looks so much like his son Pace, another rock star.
Amy's classmate Linda Riviera looks so much like Rita Ritchie, Linda's mother and a movie star.
The tycoon Ace Trolliver gets a heart transplant from his dead son Scott and it works on him perfectly.
Grace Morrison, Project Crescent scientist (a.k.a. a member of the organization), comes to L.A.
And Paul gets part of Chris, Ace gets part of Scott, Tony with the bad kidneys wants a part of Pace, and blind Rita Ritchie wants eyes from Linda.
So maybe the Amys and the Andys aren't the only clones on earth.

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another thrilling new book in the Replica series., October 10, 2001

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Rebecca Herman (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Like Father Like Son (Replica 20) (Paperback)

Amy's new boyfriend, Chris Skinner, can't even remember his father, who abandoned Chris and his mom when Chris was just a baby. Now, fourteen years later, Paul Skinner has returned. He claims to have reformed, and asks for a second chance at being a father. Chris is naturally reluctant to give him a chance, but Mr. Skinner really seems to want to start over again. But when he announces that he is seriously ill, and needs a bone marrow transplant, Amy suspects he has ulterior motives. After all, Mr. Skinner has a rare blood type, and as his son, Chris could be the perfect match. When Grace Morrison, one person Amy never wanted to see again, reappears, she seems genuinely disturbed by a recent organ transplant, in which dying criminal Ace Tolliver was saved by the heart of his son, a college student who died in a tragic car accident. Amy is determined to get to the bottom of this mystery, and there may be even more lives at stake. I highly recommend this latest addition to the Replica series.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars I'm concerned, January 3, 2002

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Marilyn Kaye (Brooklyn, NY USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Like Father Like Son (Replica 20) (Paperback)

Hi, this is Marilyn Kaye, the author of the Replica series. I read the reviews written by Anna and charmedslayer, and they've given me a lot to think about. I don't want to disappoint my readers. I promise to take a long hard look at the series, and think about the directions it's taking. ... .