The word “is” is always used as a verb in written and spoken English. This word is considered as a verb because it expresses existence or a state of being. It is classified under linking verbs and is a derivative of the verb “to be.” In the sample sentence: He is the most intelligent student in class.
The most common linking verb is the verb to be in all of its forms (am, are, is, was, were, etc.).
Starr states numerous times throughout the text that she has one version of herself when she is at home in Garden Heights and another when she is at school at Williamson Prep.