{"id":38879,"date":"2021-02-19T18:04:39","date_gmt":"2021-02-19T22:04:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=38879"},"modified":"2021-02-19T18:04:39","modified_gmt":"2021-02-19T22:04:39","slug":"review-of-twins-by-varian-johnson-and-shannon-wright","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=38879","title":{"rendered":"Review of Twins, by Varian Johnson and Shannon Wright"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/twins_large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/twins_large.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"172\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-38990\" \/><\/a><em>Twins<\/em><\/p>\n<p>written by Varian Johnson<br \/>\nillustrated by Shannon Wright<\/p>\n<p>Graphix (Scholastic), 2020.  252 pages.<br \/>\nReview written January 26, 2021, from a library book<br \/>\nStarred Review<\/p>\n<p>Maureen and her twin Francine have reached middle school, and Maureen\u2019s dismayed that they only have two classes together.  But Francine starts going by Fran and seems to be relishing doing things apart from Maureen.  She\u2019s getting new friends in chorus and even decides to run for class president.<\/p>\n<p>Maureen is nervous about doing so much on her own and finding her own way.  Then in Cadets, Maureen learns she can get extra credit by running for office.  Francine doesn\u2019t even seem to care, so she impulsively decides to run for president, too.  Will that finally get her twin\u2019s attention again?<\/p>\n<p>There are plenty of excellent graphic novels about navigating the way friendships change in middle school.  This one has the additional spark of dealing with a friendship between twins.  Varian Johnson is a twin himself, so even though the story isn\u2019t autobiographical, he knows how to capture the connection between twins.  This book is sure to be wildly popular, and deservedly so.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/varianjohnson.com\/\">varianjohnson.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/133823613X\/sonderbooksco-20\" target=\"outside\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Buy from Amazon.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Find this review on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sonderbooks.com\">Sonderbooks<\/a> at: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sonderbooks.com\/Childrens_Fiction\/twins.html\">www.sonderbooks.com\/Childrens_Fiction\/twins.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Disclosure: I am an Amazon Affiliate, and will earn a small percentage if you order a book on Amazon after clicking through from my site.<\/p>\n<p>Disclaimer:  I am a professional librarian, but the views expressed are solely my own, and in no way represent the official views of my employer or of any committee or group of which I am part.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"none\" data-via=\"Sonderbooks\">Tweet<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>What did you think of this book?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twins written by Varian Johnson illustrated by Shannon Wright Graphix (Scholastic), 2020. 252 pages. Review written January 26, 2021, from a library book Starred Review Maureen and her twin Francine have reached middle school, and Maureen\u2019s dismayed that they only have two classes together. But Francine starts going by Fran and seems to be relishing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,21,37,42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-childrens-fiction-review","category-contemporary","category-graphic-novel","category-starred-review"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38879","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38879"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38879\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38991,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38879\/revisions\/38991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}