Never Mind! : A Twin Novel

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Summary: Fantastic Novel for Middle Readers
Review: Twelve-year-old, seventh-grade twins, Meg and Edward, may share the same birthday, but that's where their similarities end. While Meg is tall, Edward is short; where Meg's brainy, Edward is a slacker; Meg is day, Edward is night. Which is why, for seventh grade, Meg and Edward have been split up. Meg is attending the ultracompetitive Fischer, where everything revolves around grades, popularity, and money. Edward, on the other hand, is attending the Charlton Street Alternative School, where no homework is ever given, and students can pretty much do anything that they want. However, within just a week of being shipped off to their designated school's, Meg's aspirations for popularity, anger over a tacky yellow outfit her Mother bought for her, and craziness over an imaginary boyfriend, combine with Edward's top-secret soft spot, and lack of singing ability, to create the biggest showdown in the history of twins.

Being a fan of Avi's work, I was excited to see that he was the voice of Edward in this joint effort for greatness, which created NEVER MIND! However, I was thoroughly impressed with Rachel Vail (an author whose work I've never had the pleasure of reading) as the voice of Meg. Meg was an enjoyable character, who possessed all of the character traits of a perfectionist. Edward, on the other hand, while also an enjoyable character, possessed all of the traits of a fairly typical slacker. Together they created one of the most enjoyable duos in a novel that I've ever read before in my life. All in all, NEVER MIND! is a fantastic novel for either male or female middle readers looking to read an amusing novel.

Erika Sorocco