Penelope Sonas

"*There they are, our fellow clones and their Serenity parents. Ben Statsny, his long hair blowing straight out behind him as he rides a wave runner, Penelope Sonas trying (and failing) to get herself upright on water skis; Aldwin Wo on an inner tube, passing through artificial rapids on a lazy river.*"
—Tori Pritel, *Payback*

**Penelope Sonas** is cloned from an unnamed female bank embezzler as a result of the cruel social experiment known as Project Osiris. Penelope grew up in the artificial town of Serenity, New Mexico, living a perfect life free from crime and negativity.

At the end of *Payback*, after Project Osiris was over, Penelope was adopted by internet billionaire Tamara Dunleavy and went to live in her mansion along with Tamara herself and the ten other Osiris clones. She also attends the middle school in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, as an eighth grader.

## Biography

Around 2003, Penelope was born to two unnamed surrogate parents in the town of Serenity, New Mexico.

Shortly after Eli Frieden, Tori Pritel, Amber Laska, Malik Bruder and Hector Amani escaped from Serenity, Penelope was told that the other kids had come down with a bad illness and sent to a hospital in Santa Fe to be cured. She then traveled to the Poseidon Resort and Water Park along with the remaining clones and other residents of Serenity as part of Felix Hammerstrom's plan to hide and prevent them from escaping as well.

In Poseidon, Penelope was photographed by a few investigators Tamara Dunleavy had sent to the water park to ensure that Eli's theory was true and the other clones really had been sent to the Bahamas. She was seen trying and failing to get herself upright on water skis. Along with Margaret Rauha, Penelope loved the water park's lazy river.

It was there that the two girls were spotted by the other clones, who were attempting to gather all eleven Osiris subjects in order to escape. Upon spotting Hector, Penelope told him that they'll talk to him later despite him insisting the girls come. Hector then fell into the water due to the momentum of the tube, getting a laugh out of Penelope and Margaret. However, they spotted Eli, Tori, Amber and Malik, whom they had believed to be ill, and Penelope cried out in amazement.

Malik then lifted both girls out of their tubes just as Mrs. Rauha, Margaret's surrogate mother, spotted the commotion, and they looked uncertainly at Eli when he told them to come with him. Penelope then refused to move until she was told what was going on, but eventually followed. The clones took off towards the edge of the water park, past Mrs. Laska, who waved at Penelope and Margaret as they passed. While running, Amber brought the two girls up to speed on Project Osiris.

When Project Osiris was announced to have officially ended, Penelope was adopted by Tamara Dunleavy and went to live with her, along with the ten other Osiris clones, in her gigantic mansion located on a ranch near Jackson Hole, Wyoming. She was an eighth grader attending Jackson Hole's middle school by the end of the trilogy.

## Personality and traits

Penelope can be a bit skeptical and stubborn, as she refused to go along with Eli Frieden and the others at first during their escape from the Poseidon Resort and Water Park until they explained their plan. She may also be sneaky, as she shares the exact same DNA with an embezzler.

## Trivia

* Although it is never mentioned in the trilogy itself, Gordon Korman has stated her DNA donor in a reply to his forum.