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Double Act

Double Act

by Jacqueline Wilson (Author), Nick Sharratt (Illustrator), Sue Heap (Illustrator)

  • Used

    Illustrated 2006

    $9.53

  • Used

    Paperback 1999

    $3.45

  • Used

    Hardcover 1995

    $4.37
Synopsis

Ruby and Garnet are ten-year-old twins. They're identical, and they do EVERYTHING together, especially since their mother died three years earlier - but they couldn't be more different. Bossy, bouncy, funny Ruby loves to take charge, and is desperate to be a famous actress, while quiet, sensitive, academic Garnet loves nothing more than to curl up with one of her favourite books. And when everything around the twins is changing so much, can being a double act work for ever?

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More Information

Format: Illustrated
 Pages: 208
 Edition: New edition
 Publisher: Yearling
Published: 05 Oct 2006
ISBN 10: 0440867592
ISBN 13: 9780440867593
Children’s book age: 9-11 Years
 Book Overview: A fantastically popular story featuring fun, sparky but very different identical twins, Ruby and Garnet - featuring a special introduction by the author. Winner of the Smarties Prize and the Children's Book Award.

Media Reviews
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 *
Author Bio
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.