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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Farrar Straus & Giroux
Publication date
March 21, 2006
Pages
144
Binding
School and Library
Book category
Juvenile Fiction
ISBN-13
9780374317980
ISBN-10
0374317984
Dimensions
1 by 5.75 by 8.50 in.
Weight
0.65 lbs.
Availability§
Publisher Out of Stock Indefinitely
Original list price
$16.99
Other format details
juvenile
§As reported by publisher
Summaries and Reviews
Summary
When their father becomes unemployed and their mother starts working, twins Todd and Amy discover that their comfortable life is greatly altered through financial and emotional changes within their home, but when their father stops shaving and doesn't even bother to get dressed in the morning, Amy fears that the situation is becoming critical.
Amazon.com description: Product Description:
With chapters that alternate between Toddâs and Amyâs points of view, this novel is a realistic and sometimes funny portrayal of a family adapting to changing roles.
Todd and Amy Davidson may be twins, but theyâre complete opposites â Todd is organized and is the family âengineer,â while Amy is outgoing and has been dubbed the âpoet.â So it would seem that for a fifth-grade economics project, Todd would come up with a master invention, and Amy would have a blast with her best friends as partners. To their surprise, Todd canât think of a single idea, and Amy gets stuck working with the class crybaby. Then Todd begins writing poetry . . . But this is nothing compared to the switch their parents have made. Their father has been unemployed for months and their mother has started to work at a crafts store. Now thereâs never enough food in the house, everybody is always on edge, and when Amyâs friends come over after school, they find Mr. Davidson, uncombed and unshaven, in his ratty old bathrobe. Will life ever return to normal?
With chapters that alternate between Toddâs and Amyâs points of view, this novel is a realistic and sometimes funny portrayal of a family adapting to changing roles.
Trading Places is a 2007 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.
Editions
School and Library
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from Farrar Straus & Giroux (March 21, 2006)
9780374317980 | details & prices | 144 pages | 5.75 × 8.50 × 1.00 in. | Rec. grade levels 4-6 | 0.65 lbs | List price $16.99
About: When fifth-grade twins, Amy and Todd, tackle a school project, they also have to cope with issues of friendship at school and problems at home, including their father's unemployment.
About: When fifth-grade twins, Amy and Todd, tackle a school project, they also have to cope with issues of friendship at school and problems at home, including their father's unemployment.
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