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Kwame Alexander - HMH Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

2015 Newbery Medal Winner2015 Coretta Scott King Honor Award WinnerNew York Times Bestseller "With a bolt of lightning on my kicks . . .The court is SIZZLING. My sweat is DRIZZLING. Stop all that quivering. Cuz tonight I'm delivering," announces dread-locked, 12-year...
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The Lost Twin

Sophie Cleverly - Sourcebooks Jabberwocky
Format: Print book

Ivy, I pray that it's you reading this. And if you are, well, I suppose you're the new me...When shy Ivy's troublemaking twin Scarlet vanishes from Rookwood boarding school, Ivy is invited to "take her place." But when Ivy arrives, she discovers the school's true intention; she has to pretend...
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Beside Myself

Ann Morgan - Thorndike Press Large Print
Format: Large Print Hardcover

Six-year-old Helen and Ellie are identical twins, but Helen is smarter, more popular, and their mother's favorite. Ellie, on the other hand, requires special instruction at school, is friendless, and is punished at every turn. Until they decide to swap places--just for fun, and just...
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Sisterland: A Novel

Curtis Sittenfeld - Random House
Format: Print book

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERNAMED ONE OF THE BEST NOVELS OF THE YEAR BY Slate * Daily Candy * St. Louis Post-Dispatch * The Guardian (U.K.) "Novelists get called master storytellers all the time, but Sittenfeld really is one. . . . What might be most strikingly excellent about Sisterland...
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Bittersweet: A Novel

Colleen McCullough - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

In her first epic romantic novel since The Thorn Birds, Colleen McCullough weaves a sweeping story of two sets of twins - all trained as nurses, but each with her own ambitions - stepping into womanhood in 1920s and 30s Australia.Because they are two sets of twins, the four Latimer sisters...
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Hey Harry, Hey Matilda: A Novel

Rachel Hulin - Doubleday
Format: Print book

Hey Harry, Hey Matilda is the story - told entirely in hilarious emails - of fraternal twins Harry and Matilda Goodman as they fumble into adulthood, telling lies and keeping secrets, and finally confronting their complicated twinship. Matilda Goodman is an underemployed wedding...
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Gemini

Sonya Mukherjee - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

In a powerful and daring debut novel, Sonya Mukherjee shares the story of sisters Clara and Hailey, conjoined twins who are learning what it means to be truly extraordinary.Seventeen-year-old conjoined twins, Clara and Hailey, have lived in the same small town their entire lives - no one stares...
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Fangirl: A Novel

Rainbow Rowell - St. Martin's Griffin
Format: Hardcover

In Rainbow Rowell's Fangirl, Cath is a Simon Snow fan. Okay, the whole world is a Simon Snow fan, but for Cath, being a fan is her life--and she's really good at it. She and her twin sister, Wren, ensconced themselves in the Simon Snow series when they were just kids; it's what got them...
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I'll Give You the Sun

Jandy Nelson - Dial Books
Format: Hardcover

The New York Times Bestselling story of first love, family, loss, and betrayal for fans of John Green, Nicola Yoon, Jonathan Tropper, Emma Straub, and Rainbow Rowell "We were all heading for each other on a collision course, no matter what. Maybe some people are just meant to be in the same...
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This Side of Home

Renée Watson - Bloomsbury, 2015.
Format: Print book

Identical twins Nikki and Maya have been on the same page for everything-friends, school, boys and starting off their adult lives at a historically African-American college. But as their neighborhood goes from rough-and-tumble to up-and-coming, suddenly filled with pretty coffee...
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We Are Twins

Laura Driscoll - Penguin Young Readers
Format: Paperback

With twins, a lot is the same--but a lot is not! These little twin girls have the same hair and the same nose, but their eyes are different colors and they have different hobbies, too. This rhyming Level 1 reader celebrates twins but also individuality.,
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Ling & Ting: Not Exactly the Same!

Grace Lin - Little, Brown
Format: Hardcover

Ling and Ting are twins. They have the same brown eyes. They have the same pink cheeks. They have the same happy smiles.Ling and Ting are two adorable identical twins, and they stick together, whether they are making dumplings, getting their hair cut, or practicing magic tricks. But looks...
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Not As We Know It

Tom Avery - Schwartz & Wade Books
Format: Print book

For fans of David Almond's Skellig and Patrick Ness's A Monster Calls, here is a lyrical, atmospheric, and deeply emotional middle-grade novel with a touch of magical realism. Twins Jamie and Ned do everything together, from watching their favorite show, Star Trek, to riding...
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Astrotwins -- Project Blastoff

Mark Kelly - Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
Format: Hardcover

A team of middle schoolers prepares for blastoff in this adventure from the author of the New York Times bestselling Mousetronaut, based on the childhoods of real-life astronauts Mark Kelly and his twin brother Scott.It's a long, hot summer and Scott and Mark are in big trouble...
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Freddie and Flossie (Bobbsey Twins Ready-To-Read Pre-Level 1)

Laura Lee Hope - Simon Spotlight
Format: Paperback

Meet Freddie and Flossie. They are twins. They look alike, but in many ways they are very different...or maybe not! Ready-to-read books offer children a world of possibilities at four different reading levels: Recognizing Words • Word repetition • Familiar words and phrases...
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