A brilliant new cover look for this fantastically popular Jacqueline Wilson title about sparky twins Ruby and Garnet!
Jacqueline Wilson (Author) JACQUELINE WILSON is an extremely well-known and hugely popular author who served as Children's Laureate from 2005-7. She has been awarded a number of prestigious awards, including the British Children's Book of the Year and the Guardian Children's Fiction Award (for The Illustrated Mum), the Smarties Prize and the Children's Book Award (for Double Act, for which she was also highly commended for the Carnegie Medal). In 2002 Jacqueline was given an OBE for services to literacy in schools and in 2008 she was appointed a Dame. She was the author most borrowed from British libraries in the last decade. 'A brilliant writer of wit and subtlety' THE TIMES 'She should be prescribed for all cases of reading reluctance' INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY 'Has a rare gift for writing lightly and amusingly about emotional issues' BOOKSELLER Sue Heap (Illustrator) Sue Heap is a children's picture book illustrator and story writer. She has worked in collaboration with a number of writers including Sally Lloyd-Jones. Sue and Sally worked on a series of How to ... books with How to be a Baby being a New York Times bestseller. Another of Sue's books is Cowboy Baby, inspired by a visit to Arizona, which won the prestigious Gold Smarties Award for best picture book. Sue lives in Oxfordshire. Nick Sharratt (Illustrator) Nick Sharratt has written and illustrated many books for children and won numerous awards for his picture books, including the Sheffield Children's Book Award and the 2001 Children's Book Award. He has also enjoyed great success illustrating Jacqueline Wilson books. Nick lives in Edinburgh.
Wilson's comic exploration of the twin-world shows the desire to
separate fighting a powerful genetic magnetism. In a clever touch,
each narrator is given a different illustrator
*Independent on Sunday*
A book of the highest quality. It will be very, very popular too.
Hurrah!
*Mail on Sunday*
Hilarious tale which contains dark notes that ring very true
*The Times*
An exuberant story . . . The ingenious split narrative, inventive
page design and lots of incidental pictures make this book
irresistible
*Guardian*
Jacqueline Wilson has a rare gift for writing lightly and amusingly
about emotional issues Bookseller
*Bookseller*
Wilson's comic exploration of the twin-world shows the desire to
separate fighting a powerful genetic magnetism. In a clever touch,
each narrator is given a different illustrator * Independent on
Sunday *
A book of the highest quality. It will be very, very popular too.
Hurrah! * Mail on Sunday *
Hilarious tale which contains dark notes that ring very true * The
Times *
An exuberant story . . . The ingenious split narrative, inventive
page design and lots of incidental pictures make this book
irresistible * Guardian *
Jacqueline Wilson has a rare gift for writing lightly and amusingly
about emotional issues Bookseller * Bookseller *
Gr 3-6-Ten-year-old identical twins Ruby and Garnet do everything together but discover that this isn't necessarily the best thing as they deal with their widower father's remarriage and their own underlying rivalry. The entertaining journal kept by the girls, with numerous black-and-white cartoon drawings and distinguishing typefaces, reads like a conversation. (c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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