Double ACT

Jacqueline Wilson. Yearling Books, $5.5 (192pp) ISBN 978-0-440-41374-5

Ten-year-old British twins Ruby and Garnet take turns narrating this broad comedy, a winner of the Smarties Prize; PW described it as ""an unexceptional mix of familiar plot devices."" Ages 9-12. (Apr.)

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