5/19/2023 0 Comments Twins varian johnson book 2![]() ![]() Twins, I admit, strikes me as more reassuring than challenging. Compositionally, Wright delivers, with emotive characters, startling page-turns, and a confident grasp of what's at stake dramatically. There are astute cartooning choices along the way, including full-bleed splash pages that capture moments of struggle, hurt, and growing realization. The plotting balances the twins' need for individuation against their strong bond, with a sense of earned insight for both sisters. ![]() The book boasts many nicely observed, sometimes poignant, details: novelistic good stuff. They end up running against each other in a student body election, a rivalry driven by mixed or confused motives that hurts their relationships with friends and family. The plot concerns identical twin sisters, Maureen and Francine, who have always been close but begin to pull apart as they enter sixth grade. Last week I belatedly read Twins, a much-praised middle-grade graphic novel published by Scholastic in 2020 - a first graphic novel for both writer Varian Johnson, who is a prolific novelist, and artist Shannon Wright, who has illustrated a number of picture books (most recently, Holding Her Own: The Exceptional Life of Jackie Ormes). ![]()
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