Double Act

Double Act, New edition--------------------------------------------------Ruby and Garnet are ten-year-old twins. They're identical, and theydo EVERYTHING together, especially since their mother died three yearsearlier - but they couldn't be more different. Bossy, bouncy, funnyRuby loves to take charge, and is desperate to be a famous actress,while quiet, sensitive, academic Garnet loves nothing more than tocurl up with one of her favourite books. And when everything aroundthe twins is changing so much, can being a double act work for ever?--------------------------------------------------Author Biography: JACQUELINE WILSON is an extremely well-known andhugely popular author who served as Children's Laureate from 2005-7.She has been awarded a number of prestigious awards, including theBritish Children's Book of the Year and the Guardian Children's FictionAward (for The Illustrated Mum), the Smarties Prize and the Children'sBook Award (for Double Act, for which she was also highly commendedfor the Carnegie Medal). In 2002 Jacqueline was given an OBE for servicesto literacy in schools and in 2008 she was appointed a Dame. She wasthe author most borrowed from British libraries in the last decade.'A brilliant writer of wit and subtlety' THE TIMES 'She should be prescribedfor all cases of reading reluctance' INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY 'Has a raregift for writing lightly and amusingly about emotional issues' BOOKSELLER.