Twins
What's Twins About
Coretta Scott King Honor author Varian Johnson teams up with rising cartoonist Shannon Wright for a delightful middle-grade graphic novel!Maureen and Francine Carter are twins and best friends. They participate in the same clubs, enjoy the same foods, and are partners on all their school projects. But just before the girls start sixth grade, Francine becomes Fran – a girl who wants to join the chorus, run for class president, and dress in fashionable outfits that set her apart from Maureen. A girl who seems happy to share only two classes with her sister! Maureen and Francine are growing apart and there’s nothing Maureen can do to stop it. Are sisters really forever? Or will middle school change things for good?
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Varian Johnson is the author of several novels for children and young adults, including The Great Greene Heist, which was an ALA Notable Children’s Book, a Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2014, and a Texas Library Association Lone Star List selection, and To Catch a Cheat, another Jackson Greene adventure and a Kids’ Indie Next List pick. He lives with his family near Austin, Texas. You can find him on the web at www.varianjohnson.com and @varianjohnson.
Shannon Wright is an illustrator and cartoonist living in Richmond, Virginia. Her work has been published by The New York Times, Time magazine, Mother Jones, and Google. She is also the illustrator of My Mommy Medicine by Edwidge Danticat. During the summer, Shannon coteaches a comics course at Virginia Commonwealth University. Visit her at Shannon-Wright.com.
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Book Details
- ISBN
- 9781338236132
- Publication Date
- October 6, 2020
- Publisher
- Graphix
- Original Publication Date
- October 6, 2020
- Page Count
- 256
- Word Count
- 10656
- Audience
- Middle Grade
- Reading Age
- 8 - 12 years
- Lexile® Level
- GN360L
- Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
- ~K
- ATOS® Book Level
- 2.9
- Accelerated Reader® Points
- 1
- Accelerated Reader Quiz
- 509277
- Accelerated Reader Interest Level
- MG
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