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Take Two

by Jennifer Rozines Roy
227p. 978-1-41697-533-5.
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Gr 4-7 Identical twins Emma and Payton Mills are back in another fun and realistic adventure involving switches, double identities, a school production of the "Wizard of Oz", and a team of middle school math geniuses. After being caught switching places in "Trading Faces" (S & S, 2008), the sisters have agreed to school service work in lieu of detention. Payton, the fashionable one, is assigned clean-up duty for the drama club, while brainy Emma is asked to tutor Counselor Case's eight-year-old twins. Add Emma's crush on cute boy Ox, snide remarks from popular cheerleader Sydney, and a roaming gecko, and chaos ensues as Emma and Payton try to fulfill their service commitments. This is a well-paced story, with chapters alternating between the girls. While the students are colorful and interesting, the adults are a bit flat and sometimes stereotypical; Ms. Nicely, the school media specialist, is on hand to quiet noisy middle schoolers. References to texting and Wii games may quickly date this book, but kids will enjoy it."Charlotte M. Johnston, Dorchester County Library, Summerville, SC" Copyright 2010 Media Source Inc.
After getting in trouble for swapping identities in Trading Faces, identical twins Emma and Payton continue to shake up life at their middle school. Now taking care of lively eight-year-old twin boys, the sisters also cope with mean girls, cute guys, and school pressures while getting a dose of their own medicine from their charges. Embarrassing episodes abound in this lighthearted tale.

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