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When a virus makes everyone over the age of eighteen infertile, would-be parents are forced to pay teen girls to conceive and give birth to their children, making teens the most prized members of society.

Sixteen-year-old identical twins Melody and Harmony were separated at birth and... read more

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  • Melody Mayflower: Melody has been raised since she was a child to be a perfect girl to be a surrogate for parents who can't have their own children. Her parents are very busy with their lives so Melody has been raised by nannies. First girl in her school to go RePro (this means she was hired by an infertile couple to have a baby for them). Sh just found out she has a twin sister that was raised in Goodside, a religious cult. She is worried this will hinder her uniquality, or make her less desirable as a surrogate.
  • Harmony: Raised in Goodside, Harmony finds out that she has a twin sister in Otherside and sets off to find her, convert her and bring her back to goodside.
  • Jondoe: Top man brand to pregg with.
  • Zen: Melody's best friend. Suffers from "insufficient verticality".
  • Shoko: Melody's best girl-friend.
  • Raimundo: Shoko's ex-boyfriend who she has successfully pregged with twice.
  • Ventura: Melody's arch-nemesis, at least when dealing with Pro/Am.
  • Shelby: Jondoe's mother.
  • Ms. Lutz-lewis: Harmony and Melody are identical twin sisters who were separated at birth. They are reunited via social media and then in person. They struggle to overcome different upbringings and moral standards as they try to decide if they should or will reproduce at 16.
  • Malia: Add a description of this character.
  • Jake
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  • “Sweet Darwin's Revenge!”
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I'm sixteen. Pregnant. And the most important person on the planet.

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Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Megan McCafferty (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Balzer & Bray
Country: USA
Publication Date: April 26 2011
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Page Count: 336

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  • Library of Congress: PZ7.M47833742 Bum 2011 FT MEADE
  • Dewey: 813

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