Two brothers. One small town on the edge of change. A summer of mischief that tastes like freedom. Wilbur and Merle Cowan are identical in every way, except in the ways that matter most. In the fading October light of a quiet town being dragged into the modern age, these twins find themselves at a graveyard with no business being there, picking blackberries among the headstones. It's a small act of rebellion, but it sets everything in motion. Soon they encounter Patricia Whipple, a girl who dreams of running away, of adventure, of anything other than the life that's been prescribed for her. Together, this unlikely trio navigates the strange territory between childhood and something larger, testing boundaries and discovering who they might become when no one is watching. Harry Leon Wilson captures something achingly true about the last summers of youth, when the world feels vast and full of secret doors. The Wrong Twin is for anyone who remembers the specific loneliness of being young, the electric thrill of a plan that might get you into trouble, and the friends who made that trouble worth it.
