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Todd and Amy Davidson may be twins, but they’re complete opposites. Todd is organized and is the family "engineer," while Amy is outgoing and has been dubbed the "poet." So it would seem that for a fifth-grade economics project, Todd would come up with a master invention, and Amy would have a blast with her best friends as partners. To their surprise, Todd can’t think of a single idea, and Amy gets stuck working with the class crybaby. Then Todd begins writing poetry . . . But this is nothing compared to the switch their parents have made. Their father has been unemployed for months and their mother has started to work at a crafts store. Now there’s never enough food in the house, everybody is always on edge, and when
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Overview

Todd and Amy Davidson may be twins, but they’re complete opposites. Todd is organized and is the family "engineer," while Amy is outgoing and has been dubbed the "poet." So it would seem that for a fifth-grade economics project, Todd would come up with a master invention, and Amy would have a blast with her best friends as partners. To their surprise, Todd can’t think of a single idea, and Amy gets stuck working with the class crybaby. Then Todd begins writing poetry . . . But this is nothing compared to the switch their parents have made. Their father has been unemployed for months and their mother has started to work at a crafts store. Now there’s never enough food in the house, everybody is always on edge, and when Amy’s friends come over after school, they find Mr. Davidson, uncombed and unshaven, in his ratty old bathrobe. Will life ever return to normal?

With chapters that alternate between Todd’s and Amy’s points of view, this novel is a realistic and sometimes funny portrayal of a family adapting to changing roles.

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Twins Amy and Todd know their roles in their family and at school. Todd is the engineer, the math brain, the emotionally stable half, while Amy is poetic, dreamy, and more emotionally volatile. When their engineer father loses his job, and eventually his will to look for another position, the changes at home combined with the new fifth grade teacher's Mini-Society project, give the twins a jolt that results in changes neither expected. Given the chore of coming up with a product that can be sold, first in the classroom, then to the larger community of students and parents, Todd is stumped. He cannot think of a product and finds himself jealous of his best friend, Isaiah, who has, for once, come up with a fantastic idea that is the hit of the classroom. Amy is stuck working with the class crybaby, Violet, and their first product is a flop. Instead of succumbing to failure, Amy and Violet develop their own plan that will wow their classmates and make them successful. As Todd becomes more depressed about all his problems, he also becomes more contemplative and writes a poem in honor of their old dog. The resulting district prize shocks the family and adds to the sense of disequilibrium. Mills gives us realistic characters who are facing genuine problems from tension at home and bullying to confusing interpersonal relationships. Todd and Amy, as well as Mom and Dad, all learn new skills, new strengths, and new depths of their personalities. It is clear that not all problems are solved in the end, but each member of the family has new skills for coping with their problems. 2006, Farrar Straus Giroux, Ages 10 to 14.
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Gr 4-6-Fifth-grade twins Todd and Amy realize that they have more in common than they thought. Amy is known as the family poet, a disorganized yet creative spirit who usually has her head in a book. Todd is the logical one, the engineer who keeps his room, his desk, and his life-up till now-running like a well-oiled machine. But when a class project forces the siblings to work outside their comfort zones, they begin to learn more about themselves and one another. Also, life at home hasn't been the same since Dad lost his job and Mom went back to work. Amy is shattered when her friends come over and find her father still in his pajamas. Todd can't seem to come up with a good product to sell for the Mini-Society project because success in the face of Dad's unemployment seems unfair. The twins' world is careening out of control until they realize that simple trade-offs are part of finding one's way in life, not just in school. Short chapters trade back and forth, telling the story from each sibling's perspective, keeping the pace lively. Easy-to-read dialogue makes this a quick sell to reluctant readers, while the realistic situations and characters will appeal to middle graders.-Cheryl Ashton, Amherst Public Library, OH Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

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  • ISBN-13: 9780374317980
  • Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
  • Publication date: 3/21/2006
  • Edition description: First Edition
  • Pages: 144
  • Age range: 8 - 12 Years
  • Lexile: 770L (what's this?)
  • Product dimensions: 5.80 (w) x 8.59 (h) x 0.68 (d)

Meet the Author

CLAUDIA MILLS is the author of picture books, the Gus and Grandpa beginning readers, chapter books, and novels,

including Makeovers by Marcia. She lives in Boulder, Colorado.

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