ARE YOU THINKING WHAT I'M THINKING?

Product Description Alex and Ava try to figure out if they can read each other’s minds in the eighth book of the It Takes Two series!Alex and Ava’s older brother Tommy always jokes that the twins can read each other’s minds. While it’s true that despite their differences Alex and Ava can usually tell what the other is thinking that doesn’t mean they’re telepathic. But when the girls choose the same Halloween costume buy Coach the same birthday present and show up at school wearing the same outfit they begin to wonder if Tommy might by right. Can Alex and Avaactually read each other’s minds? And if so how can they use this to their advantage? Review ForA Whole New Ball Game: The twin device is effectively deployed as each girl seeks to understand herself independently in relation to her twin and in the context of her new town; there's also appeal in the plot's sitcom elements of overheard conversations secret observations and all the uncertainty that comes with being a new place. ―The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books About the Author Belle Payton isn’t a twin herself but she does have twin brothers! She spent much of her childhood in the bleachers reading-er cheering them on-at their football games. Though she left the South long ago to become a children’s book editor in New York City Belle still drinks approximately a gallon of sweet tea a week and loves treating her friends to her famous homemade mac-and-cheese. Belle is the author of many books for children and tweens and is currently having a blast writing two sides to each It Takes Two story. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. Are You Thinking What I’m Thinking?CHAPTERONE“I knew it” Alex Sackett declared. “I just knew it!”“Knew what?” Ella Sanchez asked.“That it was going to rain” Alex said. “It’s pouring.” She pointed toward the huge windows bordering Ashland Middle School’s front door.Ella peered through the rain-splattered glass. “Wow. It really is. Who knew?”“I did!” Alex cried. “I sensed it this morning. I had this cute outfit planned very nautical. Navy-and-white-striped top navy pants and my new red suede ballet flats. But I changed to a sweatshirt and sneakers. Ava said I was nuts because the sun was shining when we left the house.”“So she didn’t change her outfit too?” Ella asked pulling her dark hair into a ponytail.“Hello? Have you met my twin sister?” Alex asked with a laugh. “She was already wearing jeans and a sweatshirt. Ava wears the same outfit practically every day rain or shine.”Ella shook her head. “I don’t have any classes with Ava. Why doesn’t she do debate club with us?”“It’s not really her thing” Alex replied. She and Ella had just left the after-school meeting of the debate club. Although they’d gotten to know each other a little when they were both running for seventh-grade class president they weren’t close friends. But after watching Ella outdebate an eighth grader on why America needs a female president Alex knew that would change. Especially because Ella had been really nice to Alex when Alex won the election.Alex loved debate club. She loved sharing ideas and talking in front of a group. But Ava didn’t-she loved sports. And she was good at them too. She was the only girl on the Ashland Tiger Cubs football team.“Any sign of the late bus?” Ella asked.Alex pressed her nose to the glass. The wind caused the trees to sway and the rain to pelt sideways. “Nothing yellow out there” she reported. “No bus yet.”Boom!Alex jumped at the loud clap. Her eyes widened as a jagged streak of lightning slashed through the sky.Ella squealed. “So cool! I love thunderstorms. I wonder if it will turn into a tornado.”Alex bit her lip and tried to slow her thudding heart. She didn’t think the storm was cool. Far from it.Her family was still new to Texas. They had moved here over the summer from Massachusetts so her dad could c