Yesterday’s read was Double Act; also by Jacqueline Wilson. It was about a set of 10 year old twins who do everything together, think alike, creep people out by saying the same thing at the same time, and can’t imagine life apart.
Their names are Ruby and Garnet. Their dad buys a bookshop in a small town and his girlfriend, Rose, moves with them. The twins, of course, hate Rose as she has taken their dad’s attention and they miss their mother (who died).
Ultimately, Garnet is offered a full ride scholarship at a prestigious boarding school while Ruby is not and Garnet decides to take the opportunity. Ruby stops talking to Garnet and the twins endure a summer of silence.
At the end everyone makes up, they decide that Rose is okay, and life goes one.
This book, like The Story of Tracy Beaker, is told through journals written by the girls. I enjoyed it more than Tracy Beaker—mostly because Garnet’s character was likeable. Ruby was much like Tracy Beaker—loud, obnoxious, mean—basically a bully. This was a cute story. Nothing more, nothing less.
If this were a movie, I'd rate it: PG
Overall Grade: C.
Would I recommend this book to my friends: Yeah, I’d recommend it to parents of girls age 8-10.
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