Coretta Scott King Honor author Varian Johnson teams up with rising cartoonist Shannon Wright for a delightful middle-grade graphic novel!

Maureen and Francine Carter are twins and best friends. They participate in the same clubs, enjoy the same foods, and are partners on all their school projects. But just before the girls start sixth grade, Francine becomes Fran a girl who wants to join the chorus, run for class president, and dress in fashionable outfits that set her apart from Maureen. A girl who seems happy to share only two classes with her sister! Maureen and Francine are growing apart and there’s nothing Maureen can do to stop it. Are sisters really forever? Or will middle school change things for good?

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Varian Johnson is the author of several novels for children and young adults, includingThe Parker Inheritance, which won both Coretta Scott King Author Honor andBoston Globe/Horn BookHonor awards,The Great Greene Heist, an ALA Notable Childrens book, aKirkus ReviewsBest Book, and a Texas Library Association Lone Star List selection, and the graphic novelTwinsco-created with Shannon Wright, an NPR Best Book. He lives with his family near Austin, Texas. You can visit him on the web at varianjohnson.com and @varianjohnson.

Shannon Wright is an illustrator and cartoonist based in Richmond, Virginia. She is the co-creator, with Varian Johnson, ofTwins, and she illustrated two picture books,My Mommy Medicineby Edwidge Danticat andIm Gonna Push Through!by Jasmyn Wright. Shannon graduated with a BFA from Virginia Commonwealth University, where she co-teaches a comics course during the summer. To learn more, visit her online at shannon-wright.com.

Author: Varian JohnsonIllustrator: Shannon WrightSeries: TwinsFormat:PaperbackProduct dimensions: 256 Pages |5-1/2 x 8Published: Oct 06, 2020Publisher:Scholastic Inc.Recommended for ages 8-12.