The Twins Strike Back by Valerie Flournoy

The author, herself a twin, said she and her sister, 'never pulled off a prank like this one, but we would have liked to. May and Ivy are tired of all the twin jokes, and they dream up their revenge. Strong feelings, openly displayed, are one attraction of the pictures of the (black) children too. Full colour cloth pictorial binding, 8x10 c 28 pp. By prearrangement, May disappears when Bernadine and Nate are in charge they are reduced to begging Ivy to locate her and Ivy leads them from one locale to another, minutes behind May, until all the children wind up at their grandparents (for the twins' birthday celebration) where Bernadine and Nate, chastised, are properly contrite and Ivy and May are undisguisedly exultant. and Repeat,'' etc.), Ivy and May decide to pretend that they really do know what's in each other's mind. To get back at big sister Bernadine and older cousin Nate (''Well, well, well, if it isn't Pete. Still, given the built-in limitations, this is worth having around. The Twins Strike Back Hardcover Januby Valerie Flournoy (Author) 2 ratings See all formats and editions Hardcover 5.99 5 Used from 2.00 1 Collectible from 19.95 Paperback from 5.00 2 New from 5.00 Tired of being teased about being twins, Ivy and May decide to take action on their eighth birthday. And the way the twins work it out-via an elaborate ruse-might also baffle anyone below, say, the second grade.

It's a situation that other youngsters, twins or not, can sympathize with, though one somewhat advanced-Ivy and May are eight-for the picture-book format. Or, in the spirit of the story, ''Ivy and May Strike Back'': they don't like to be thought of as one, called ''the twins,'' or treated like freaks.

The Twins Strike Back by Valerie Flournoy