Wilson is great at making realistic characters that you can quickly come to term with, giving realistic reactions to events. It's a short book and quick to read, so it was the first of the books I got this Christmas, that I decided to read.

How to be yourself when you are considered by all (even yourself) to be inextricably part of a pair. I watched the TV movie version of Double Act last night and really enjoyed it, so today I decided to reread the book. Jacqueline is one of the nation’s favourite authors, and her books are loved and cherished by young readers not only in the UK but all over the world.Wilson is an expert at creating realistic characters and is probably the closest thing you can get to actual being inside a child's mind yourself. Close to the end of the book the story took a big turn that was very sudden but it was very satisfying.

Parts of the storyline felt very similar to Vicky Angel; Ruby bossing Garnet about and Garnet living in Ruby’s constant shadow. From the beginning we learn that he spends his time filling the entire house with books, knowing full well that his mother-in-law has arthritis and finds it hard to get around. In June 2002 Jacqueline was given an OBE for services to literacy in schools, and she was the Children’s Laureate from 2005-2007.But when Dad finds a new girlfriend everything in the twins’ lives is turned upside down–new home, new school, new everything.