# ID this SF children's book

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 5, 2007, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-sf-childrens-book/410548 "2007-07-05T01:55:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![dangermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2007, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-sf-childrens-book/410548/1 "2007-07-05T01:55:48Z")

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My sister is looking for a book from childhood she can’t remember, so I ask the Dopers:

Clones of famous people are kept in a park-like enclosure (it’s pretty much Parts: the Clonus Horror in book form, and better). Possibly a girl heroine, acting as an investigative reporter of the situation. A picture of the evil director guy facing down his clone. At the end, something gets worked out.

Don’t fail me now, guys!

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**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2007, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-sf-childrens-book/410548/2 "2007-07-05T02:05:31Z")

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Sorry to say I don’t have the answer, but you might check out this link. I’ve used it before on such quests for a title.

[http://www.logan.com/loganberry/stump.html](http://www.logan.com/loganberry/stump.html)

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**Author:** ![Charley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/97f17d/32.png) [@Charley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charley)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2007, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-sf-childrens-book/410548/3 "2007-07-05T09:00:37Z")

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Total long shot, and it would rely on her misremembering a couple of details, but could it have been [The Overman Culture](http://www.amazon.com/Overman-Culture-Edmund-Cooper/dp/0425031551/ref=cm_rss_rev_title4) by Edmund Cooper? It’s a quirky little thing but I loved it as a child.

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**Author:** ![gfloyd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d2c977/32.png) [@gfloyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gfloyd)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2007, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-sf-childrens-book/410548/4 "2007-07-05T12:18:27Z")

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It sounds like Welcome to the Ark by Tolan, but I haven’t read that book in almost a decade, so I could be wrong.

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**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2007, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-sf-childrens-book/410548/5 "2007-07-05T12:59:49Z")

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STrings, by David Duncan, maybe? It’s got most of the info you mention.

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**Author:** ![aaebig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/41988e/32.png) [@aaebig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aaebig)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2007, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-sf-childrens-book/410548/6 "2007-07-05T17:50:49Z")

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Another long shot: Clone Catcher by Alfred Slote?

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**Author:** ![dangermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2007, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-sf-childrens-book/410548/7 "2007-07-06T06:14:24Z")

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Thanks everyone, I’ll run these by her. I lost the thread for a little bit there, sorry.