Trading Faces Contributor(s): Devillers, Julia (Author), Roy, Jennifer (Author) |
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ISBN: 1416975314 ISBN-13: 9781416975311 Publisher: Aladdin Paperbacks OUR PRICE: $15.29 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2008 Annotation: In the first collaboration between authors and identical twins, this novel, written in alternate viewpoints, chronicles the first day of middle school when twin sisters switch places and struggle to develop their own identities despite the fact that no one can tell them apart. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Family - Siblings - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Adolescence & Coming Of Age - Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories |
Dewey: FIC |
LCCN: 2008021643 |
Lexile Measure: 460 |
Series: Mix |
Physical Information: 1.17" H x 5.78" W x 8.44" (0.88 lbs) 304 pages |
Themes: - Topical - Adolescence/Coming of Age |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 129434 Reading Level: 3.3 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 7.0 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: In Trading Faces, identical twin sisters Emma (the smart one) and Payton (the popular one) start seventh grade at a brand-new school and discover they've been assigned entirely different schedules--so when they get sick of their respective cliques, they secretly switch places. What ensues is a hilarious yet poignant romp from middle school to the mall as the twins learn what it means to be true to yourself, even when the rest of the world isn't making it easy. |
Contributor Bio(s): Devillers, Julia: - Julia DeVillers is the author of How My Private, Personal Journal Became a Bestseller, which was adapted as a Disney Channel Original Movie. She is also the author of the Liberty Porter, First Daughter series and the coauthor of the Trading Faces series, written with her twin sister, Jennifer Roy.Roy, Jennifer: - Jennifer Roy is the author of the highly acclaimed Yellow Star, which won a Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Award for Excellence in Children's Literature and a Sydney Taylor Honor Award. It was a Jewish Book Awards Finalist, an ALA Notable Book, School Library Journal Best Book, and a NYPL Top Book for Reading and Sharing Books for the Teenager. She is also the author of Cordially Uninvited and Mindblind and the coauthor of the Trading Faces series, written with her twin sister, Julia DeVillers. Visit her at JenniferRoy.com. |