The Other Mother

This mother is not my mother. She looks like my mother. Exactly like my mother. But she is definitely not my mother.Thirteen-year-old Michael Perkins is dealing with a lot. In the wake of his father's sudden death, he's had to become a de factoparent to his two younger siblings as his mother works double-shifts to keep the family afloat. And he struggles with anger issues. Then one day, Michael wakes up and his mother is gone. She's been replaced by an exact duplicate mother, the 'other mother'. No one else seems to notice the impostor - they act as if nothing's wrong - but Michael knows in his bones that this mother is not his. What follows is the big-hearted, life-enhancing story of a boy forced to be a man too early, struggling with an unusual disorder which offers unique challenges - and unique opportunities.