Double Act

(Paperback)

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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. 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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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 *
Jacqueline Wilson has the knack of focusing on problems in a child's life with humour and sensitive intuition * Books for your Children *
Another winner by Jacqueline Wilson with all the wit and verve that we now associate with this author. Impossible to put down, children will love it * The School Librarian *
Jacqueline Wilson has a distinctive narrative style with her spunky and articulate young heroines . . . A funny, punchy and quite moving read * Bookseller *
This is a brilliant book! * Scribbler *

Author Bio

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.