The copycat effect is the alleged tendency of sensational publicity about violent murders or suicides to result in more of the same through imitation. Publisher/cover complaint - Murray is a huge part of the story, so where’s the black kid on the cover!?! A great book to share with students, we will be adding it to our library when it publishes. It's rare for us to believe that a suspense character has much reality beyond the demands of the role, but M. J. really does. great premise for a childrens' story. Look no further than this year's buzziest YA and middle-grade graphic... A funny, unpredictable, and heartfelt new novel from Wendy McLeod MacKnight, the author of. Men also figure into the picture. She has been known to wander art galleries and have spirited conversations with the paintings – mostly in her head, though sometimes not. They found they lived next door to each other, and a … Be the first to ask a question about The Copycat. See more. Cullum, who is in jail, seems to have contact with the copycat killer. In 1982, someone, or perhaps a number of people, replaced Tylenol powder with cyanide, killing seven. And of course one of the copycat's targets is going to be Helen Hudson, who walks through her darkened apartment and takes showers and performs all of the other suspense cliches that somehow still retain their power. Hudson has a gay man as a live-in companion, for reassurance; she complains that she misses sex, but does nothing about that. Ali’s fact boxes!! It is beautifully and engagingly written, and I loved the protagonist Ali so much. Hunter is in her element as the tough cop, creating, in the midst of this genre picture, one of the most intriguing and three-dimensional characters of the year. In an early-13th-century monastic guidebook for female monks called Ancrene Riwle, for instance, the anonymous author warns ascetics against becoming “cats of hell.” (The term “hell-cat,” by the way, began to crop up around 1603, according to the Oxford English Dictionary.) In 1975, he won the Pulitzer Prize for distinguished criticism. "Copycat" has another serial killer, like John Doe in "Seven," who is not content simply to kill. Alison Sloane has moved around her entire 12 years. If you value our work, please disable your ad blocker. And you'll never see this message again. Ali has moved around from town to town, feels like a an outcast within her family, and at school—and that’s even before things start to get really crazy! But where does the term copycat come from? / And we'll start from scratch again / "Gotta go, talk to you soon!" I didn’t really like the story and found Ali to be whiny. At first glance, Ali seems like your average middle schooler. At first glance, Ali seems like your average middle schooler. There were so many aspects of this book I loved! And even better, she hopes they’ll come to Fredericton and visit the Beaverbrook Art Gallery and meet Mona and the rest of the characters in the book. She can be sharp and sarcastic, and she has an attitude. It's fun to read, while at the same time being thoughtful and heartfelt.