MAY THE BEST TWIN WIN

Product DescriptionAva and Alex are taking sibling rivalry to a whole new level in the seventh book of the It Takes Two series!It’s Homecoming Week in Ashland! That means a big game a big dance and most importantly Powder Puff. But when Alex and Ava are placed on different teams for the middle school girls’ flag football game trouble brews. Ava is getting loads of extra attention because of her athletic ability but this leaves Alex feeling majorly left out. Not one to hide from a little competition Alex is determined to beat her sister at her own game by becoming her team’s secret weapon! But Ava isn’t worried about her jealous sister or Powder Puff. Because she has ADHD she’s supposed to get extra time on her tests but her new substitute science teacher is refusing to give it to her. Ava knows it isn’t fair-but how is she supposed to fix things in her science classand win Powder Puff for her team?ReviewForA 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 BooksAbout the AuthorBelle 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.May the Best Twin WinCHAPTERONE“Hey Emily! Hey Lindsey!” Alex Sackett waved at her two friends who were weaving their way through the crowded hallway in her direction. “Wow they look super excited about something!” Alex said to her twin sister Ava whose locker was right next to hers.Ava grinned and slammed her locker closed before the clutter inside could spill out. “Whatever it is I’m sure it’s important like a sale on makeup” she joked hoisting her backpack onto her shoulder. She was already thinking about her upcoming Spanish class and wondering if she had her homework with her. Had she left it at home?“Don’t joke. It probably has to do with Homecoming!” said Alex.Emily Campbell and Lindsey Davis stopped on either side of Ava and linked arms with her.“Ava! Just the girl we wanted to see!” said Emily breathlessly.Alex frowned.This sudden attention alarmed Ava but she tried to make a joke out of it. “Uh hi guys. I realize that Alex and I are identical twins and all but she’s the twin you want to see” she said.“What? No! I mean no offense Alex” said Lindsey barely glancing at Alex. “But actually it’s you we were coming to find Ava because we want to make sure you’re signing up for the big game.”“What big game?” asked the twins at the exact same time.“The Powder Puff football game?” prompted Emily as though it were the most obvious thing in the world. And Ava noticed that even though Alex had also asked Emily still addressed her response to Ava.“Powder what?” asked Ava. This did not sound like something she’d be interested in.“I know what it is” Alex jumped in. “It’s a flag football game and it’s all girls. We talked about it in student government on Monday. Next Wednesday the seventh-grade girls play one game and the eighth-grade girls play another. Then the winning seventh- and eighth-grade teams play each other at the big pep rally on Friday. It’s a Homecoming thing they do every year to raise money for the local soup kitchen.”Ava could see where this was going. N