Jake and Lily - by Jerry Spinelli (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Beloved Newbery Medalist Spinelli ("Maniac Magee") addresses issues of identity, belonging, family, and bullying in this humorous and heartfelt novel about twins.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><strong>Beloved Newbery Medalist Jerry Spinelli, author of <em>Maniac Magee</em> and <em>Wringer, </em> addresses issues of identity, belonging, family, and bullying in this humorous and heartfelt novel about twins.</strong> </p><p>Jake and Lily are twins. Despite their slightly different interests and temperaments, they feel exactly the same--like two halves of one person.</p><p>But the year they turn eleven, everything changes. Their parents announce it's time for separate bedrooms. Jake starts hanging out with a pack of boys on the block. And Lily is devastated, not to mention angry. Who is she without Jake?</p><p>And as her brother falls under the influence of the neighborhood bully, he also must ask himself--who is the real Jake?</p><p><strong>In a starred review, <em> Publishers Weekly</em> praised this smart and funny story. <em>The New York Times Book Review</em> extolled Jerry Spinelli as a poet of the prepubescent and added: Nobody is better than Spinelli when it comes to creating the grade-school world of qualified innocence--and treading a fine line between challenge and reassurance."</strong></p><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br><p>Jake and Lily are twins. </p><p>Even though they seem pretty different, they feel exactly the same, almost like two halves of one person. When one of them gets hurt, the other can feel it. They can communicate without words. And mysteriously, every year on their birthday, they sleepwalk to a train station in the middle of the night.</p><p>But the year they turn eleven, everything changes. Their parents announce it's time for separate bedrooms, and Jake starts hanging out with a pack of boys on the block. Lily is devastated--not to mention really, really mad. And as she struggles to make friends and get a life apart from her twin, Jake finds himself dealing with a neighborhood bully and has to decide what kind of person he really is.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>★ "Spinelli adroitly balances emotional tension with introspective moments in this smart and funny story."--<em>Publishers Weekly</em> <strong>(starred review)</strong><br><br>"Double the feelings, double the fun."--<em>Kirkus Reviews</em><br><br>"Each character is portrayed with emotional subtlety and conviction, while their juxtaposed viewpoints bring the energy of opposing forces to the story."--<em>Booklist</em><br><br>"Spinelli is a poet of the prepubescent...Nobody is better than Spinelli when it comes to creating the grade-school world of qualified innocence--and treading a fine line between challenge and reassurance."--<em>New York Times Book Review</em><br><br>"Spinelli's hallmark issues--individuality, nonconformity, alienation, standing up for the little guy--figure prominently, and the messages are convincingly worked into the story."--Horn Book Magazine<br>
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