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Reading Task 2 Term 3 2009
Title: Double Act Author: Jacqueline Wilson Publisher: Transworld publishers No. of Pages: 192 Genre: Novel ISBN: 978 044086 3342

This book is about 10-year-old identical twins, Ruby and Garnet Barker. They're absolutely identical, and they do everything together. But on the inside, they couldn't be more different. Ruby is loud, lively and the confident sort of person. Where as Garnet is quiet, clever and thoughtful. But apart from being total opposites in personality, they're still best friends. The twins' mum died when they were young, and they live with their dad and their gran. But now their dad's got a new girlfriend, Rose, and the twins don't like her one little bit. They especially don't like it when they have to move house and leave their gran behind. Ruby is very desperate to be an actress, so when auditions come up asking for some twins to star in The Twins At St. Clare's, she drags Garnet along, without their dad knowing. Then Ruby gets another idea into her head, she wants to go to boarding school. But there's only one scholarship that’s available, so she needs to find a way for both of them to get in.

The book is written from both Ruby and Garnet's view and it's very funny. I like how it is written from both of their point of views because that way we get to know their sides of the stories, and a bit more of how they think individually. I think that how they show the difference between the two sisters is well done, for example in the pictures one of them looks tidy and almost perfect holding a school book, with a small shy smile. Then the others hair is a little messy and she’s folding her arms with a big smile on her face, which is a sign of confidence.

My favourite character would be Ruby because she is really funny, mostly because of her actions. Like some of the things she says and it sounds like she has a lot of energy and confidence. I think she would make a good friend.

In conclusion I think that this book was a pretty good one. I think that the whole story was believable and really easy to follow and that it worked well all the time throughout the story. I recommend it for the ages 8 and up and think that this story tells some true stories of the world today.

Reading Task 1 Term 3 2009
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