After finding out that passive acceptance of their antics doesn't go very far in winning them over, she uses her numerable wits to surmise that the best way to defeat them is to divide and conquer. Although they are very different in how they dress and how they think they support each other and have been through a great deal together. But one day they see on the notice board a poster about a modelling thing so they go there on a Saturday, but there dad find's out and Garnet get sent to a boarding school and Ruby doesn't . After applying for a scholarship to a prestigious boarding school, Garnet is accepted, Ruby is not, and the sisters' relationship is irrevocably altered. Obviously Richard is entirely responsible for his own prickish behaviour, but the catalyst is Rose, his slightly dotty new lady-friend who sells bric-a-brac.

And gradually, they find that being the same isn’t the same anymore… This moving, skilfully-told story of family and identity vividly shows the struggles that children, and twins in particular, can face in embracing their own individuality and potential for change. Ruby dreams of being an actress one day and sees an add in a paper for twins to take part in a commercial held in london, however Garnet dosent want to persue a career in showbiz, she prefers to studying. Richard - no doubt named so for being a prize dick - is one of the most selfish parents in the Wilson-verse. Then another opportunity comes when they send a letter to the headmistress of Marnock Heights, a boarding school. Ruby and Garnet are ten-year-old identical twins living with their father and grandmother since their mother, Opal, died.

Double Act was "Highly Commended" runner up for the annual Carnegie Medal from the British Library Association, recognising the year's best children's book by a British subject. I do understand that no one could be like a mother to them, because your mother gave birth to you and knows every silly detail about you. Clare's, and Ruby is keen to go ahead and audition, even though Garnet and their father do not agree.

She also realises, alternately, that being together would have helped Garnet feel better about leaving. In June 2002 Jacqueline was given an OBE for services to literacy in schools, and she was the Children’s Laureate from 2005-2007. JACQUELINE WILSON is an extremely well-known and hugely popular author who served as Children's Laureate from 2005-7. The book takes the form of the twins alternately narrating the story of their life in an Accounts book. After you've finished reading that sentence a few times (and no, you're not seeing things,) allow me to explain.Jacqueline is one of the nation’s favourite authors, and her books are loved and cherished by young readers not only in the UK but all over the world. She leaves it lying on the kitchen table innocently, knowing that Ruby in particular is likely to grab at it. Close to the end of the book the story took a big turn that was very sudden but it was very satisfying.