What's the Name of That Book??? discussion

I read this book in the seventh or eighth grade and haven’t been able to find it since.

The story starts out with an android/robot girl, made to look exactly like a rich family’s dead daughter and live as her, meeting her new family at their house on an island (exclusively owned by rich people).

At first the girl goes along with it getting close to the family’s younger daughter while hanging out with her “brother” and his friends. One of the main points as she’s hanging out with him is that they all take this drug that makes people happier(?), descriptive I know, minus both the android and one other girl. The drugs don’t work on the android and the other girl refuses to take it like the rest of the rich kids, saying that “they’ve only ever lived on the island and have never experienced true struggle” or something like that.

From then on the android gets a bit more wary of the family and keeps her distance a bit but not by much. That is until her “brother” tries to make a move on her (in a sexual way) and gets upset when she refuses. She later tries to tell her “mother” only to have her say (or imply) something like “just let him do what he wants. This drives the android to want to escape to avoid any further abuse or mistreatment (since the family doesn’t really consider her family).


[SPOILER]


The book ends with the android escaping to another (smaller) island. She meets a group of, what I can only assume are, runaways. In this group she meets the family’s real daughter and the book ends.

I don’t really know if anyone will know the name of this book (if know this book at all) because I’ve NEVER met anyone else who knows what I’m talking about. Any help is truly appreciated!

Solved!

(Nice solve, Cupcakedoll. ;) )

Thanks! It's fun when reading All The Books turns into helping people find books!

Glad you found your book, Grey.

Beta (book 1) of the Annex series by Rachel Cohn - Cupcakedoll's find.