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完美替身
葛瑞森兄弟，這對雙胞胎，又要搬家了！
一直被別人搞混，實在很煩。不過，陌生學校的開學日，能有個雙胞胎兄弟作伴一起上學，其實也滿好的！但是，六年級開學第一天，哥哥雷伊卻感冒待在家，弟弟傑伊只好一個人去上學。這沒什麼大不了的。學校挺好、同學也不錯。可是，傑伊發現了一個大烏龍：新學校裡竟然沒人知道有他哥哥雷伊這個人！雷伊的名字沒有在點名單上、沒有置物櫃，也沒有他的學生檔案。傑伊差點要報告學校了。但，靈光突然一閃，他決定，這個錯誤可能對他們倆會很有用，而且會爆好玩……
一直被別人搞混，實在很煩。不過，陌生學校的開學日，能有個雙胞胎兄弟作伴一起上學，其實也滿好的！但是，六年級開學第一天，哥哥雷伊卻感冒待在家，弟弟傑伊只好一個人去上學。這沒什麼大不了的。學校挺好、同學也不錯。可是，傑伊發現了一個大烏龍：新學校裡竟然沒人知道有他哥哥雷伊這個人！雷伊的名字沒有在點名單上、沒有置物櫃，也沒有他的學生檔案。傑伊差點要報告學校了。但，靈光突然一閃，他決定，這個錯誤可能對他們倆會很有用，而且會爆好玩……
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First published July 1, 2008
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About the author
Andrew Clements
190 books2,178 followersI was born in Camden, New Jersey in 1949 and lived in Oaklyn and Cherry Hill until the middle of sixth grade. Then we moved to Springfield, Illinois. My parents were avid readers and they gave that love of books and reading to me and to all my brothers and sisters. I didn’t think about being a writer at all back then, but I did love to read. I'm certain there's a link between reading good books and becoming a writer. I don't know a single writer who wasn’t a reader first.
Before moving to Illinois, and even afterwards, our family spent summers at a cabin on a lake in Maine. There was no TV there, no phone, no doorbell—and email wasn’t even invented. All day there was time to swim and fish and mess around outside, and every night, there was time to read. I know those quiet summers helped me begin to think like a writer.
During my senior year at Springfield High School my English teacher handed back a poem I’d written. Two things were amazing about that paper. First, I’d gotten an A—a rare event in this teacher’s class. And she’d also written in large, scrawly red writing, “Andrew—this poem is so funny. This should be published!”
That praise sent me off to Northwestern University feeling like I was a pretty good writer, and occasionally professors there also encouraged me and complimented the essays I was required to write as a literature major. But I didn’t write much on my own—just some poetry now and then. I learned to play guitar and began writing songs, but again, only when I felt like it. Writing felt like hard work—something that’s still true today.
After the songwriting came my first job in publishing. I worked for a small publisher who specialized in how-to books, the kind of books that have photos with informative captions below each one. The book in which my name first appeared in print is called A Country Christmas Treasury. I’d built a number of the projects featured in the book, and I was listed as one of the “craftspeople”on the acknowlegements page, in tiny, tiny type.
In 1990 I began trying to write a story about a boy who makes up a new word. That book eventually became my first novel, Frindle, published in 1996, and you can read the whole story of how it developed on another web site, frindle.com. Frindle became popular, more popular than any of my books before or since—at least so far. And it had the eventual effect of turning me into a full-time writer.
I’ve learned that I need time and a quiet place to think and write. These days, I spend a lot of my time sitting in a small shed about seventy feet from my back door at our home in Massachusetts. There’s a woodstove in there for the cold winters, and an air conditioner for the hot summers. There’s a desk and chair, and I carry a laptop computer back and forth. But there’s no TV, no phone, no doorbell, no email. And the woodstove and the pine board walls make the place smell just like that cabin in Maine where I spent my earliest summers.
Sometimes kids ask how I've been able to write so many books. The answer is simple: one word at a time. Which is a good lesson, I think. You don't have to do everything at once. You don't have to know how every story is going to end. You just have to take that next step, look for that next idea, write that next word. And growing up, it's the same way. We just have to go to that next class, read that next chapter, help that next person. You simply have to do that next good thing, and before you know it, you're living a good life.
Before moving to Illinois, and even afterwards, our family spent summers at a cabin on a lake in Maine. There was no TV there, no phone, no doorbell—and email wasn’t even invented. All day there was time to swim and fish and mess around outside, and every night, there was time to read. I know those quiet summers helped me begin to think like a writer.
During my senior year at Springfield High School my English teacher handed back a poem I’d written. Two things were amazing about that paper. First, I’d gotten an A—a rare event in this teacher’s class. And she’d also written in large, scrawly red writing, “Andrew—this poem is so funny. This should be published!”
That praise sent me off to Northwestern University feeling like I was a pretty good writer, and occasionally professors there also encouraged me and complimented the essays I was required to write as a literature major. But I didn’t write much on my own—just some poetry now and then. I learned to play guitar and began writing songs, but again, only when I felt like it. Writing felt like hard work—something that’s still true today.
After the songwriting came my first job in publishing. I worked for a small publisher who specialized in how-to books, the kind of books that have photos with informative captions below each one. The book in which my name first appeared in print is called A Country Christmas Treasury. I’d built a number of the projects featured in the book, and I was listed as one of the “craftspeople”on the acknowlegements page, in tiny, tiny type.
In 1990 I began trying to write a story about a boy who makes up a new word. That book eventually became my first novel, Frindle, published in 1996, and you can read the whole story of how it developed on another web site, frindle.com. Frindle became popular, more popular than any of my books before or since—at least so far. And it had the eventual effect of turning me into a full-time writer.
I’ve learned that I need time and a quiet place to think and write. These days, I spend a lot of my time sitting in a small shed about seventy feet from my back door at our home in Massachusetts. There’s a woodstove in there for the cold winters, and an air conditioner for the hot summers. There’s a desk and chair, and I carry a laptop computer back and forth. But there’s no TV, no phone, no doorbell, no email. And the woodstove and the pine board walls make the place smell just like that cabin in Maine where I spent my earliest summers.
Sometimes kids ask how I've been able to write so many books. The answer is simple: one word at a time. Which is a good lesson, I think. You don't have to do everything at once. You don't have to know how every story is going to end. You just have to take that next step, look for that next idea, write that next word. And growing up, it's the same way. We just have to go to that next class, read that next chapter, help that next person. You simply have to do that next good thing, and before you know it, you're living a good life.
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March 5, 2009
I found this book very confusing.
Twins who are so identical that even their parents cannot always tell them are sadly, named Jay Ray and Ray Jay. (Their parents should be slapped for that one).
On the first day in a new school only one brother attends, the other stays home because he is sick. The brother that goes to school just happens to be the one that the school knows about, the other brother's files are mixed in with his.
The brother that did go to school realizes it is a unique experience to just be himself and not half of the whole set of twins. He talks his brother into pretending that there is only one of them for a couple of weeks. Jay and Ray switch days and alternate who goes to school and who hides at home.
This is where it gets very confusing. The author attempts to show the different strengths of each individual boy, but the whole Jay/Ray thing got so muddled that I don't remember which was which. If they had been named Bill and Ted it likely would have been less confusing.
I liked the message that twins are not clones and each is unique. But the confusion of which was which detracted a bit from that message.
Twins who are so identical that even their parents cannot always tell them are sadly, named Jay Ray and Ray Jay. (Their parents should be slapped for that one).
On the first day in a new school only one brother attends, the other stays home because he is sick. The brother that goes to school just happens to be the one that the school knows about, the other brother's files are mixed in with his.
The brother that did go to school realizes it is a unique experience to just be himself and not half of the whole set of twins. He talks his brother into pretending that there is only one of them for a couple of weeks. Jay and Ray switch days and alternate who goes to school and who hides at home.
This is where it gets very confusing. The author attempts to show the different strengths of each individual boy, but the whole Jay/Ray thing got so muddled that I don't remember which was which. If they had been named Bill and Ted it likely would have been less confusing.
I liked the message that twins are not clones and each is unique. But the confusion of which was which detracted a bit from that message.
September 27, 2016
It's about a twin named Ray and Jay. They both hate each other because they mostly have everything the same and they hate being called by the wrong name. I love this book because it talks about a twin who hates each other.
September 27, 2016
i like this book because it is about to twin brothers that are going to a new and whenever they go to do something but on the first day one of the brother is sick and the other is having a not so good of a day .
October 7, 2016
This book is a really good. This is something that I would recommend for my friends. This is about two twins who fooled all the students and teachers thinking that they were only one of them.
June 19, 2018
My family listened to this book on a car ride to the beach. We all really enjoyed listening to the tale of how identical twins Jay and Ray were able to take turns going to school because of a clerical mistake which resulted in having only one of them registered at their new school. My seven year old son enjoyed the book so much that he wanted me to actually give this book 6 stars and has asked if we can listen to it again. The book does get a little confusing at times but definitely had my whole family entranced. We didn't even mind getting stuck in traffic on our return trip from the beach because it allowed us to finish the whole book in one day. Highly recommend. I don't think I've found an Andrew Clements book that I haven't liked so far.
August 7, 2008
This is okay Clements, not Clements at his best. And the message about treating twins as individuals is more for the parents who won't read this book than for the kids who will.
Still, even when he's not at his best, Clements writes a solid school story that kids will enjoy.
Still, even when he's not at his best, Clements writes a solid school story that kids will enjoy.
January 27, 2019
why was this actually good
January 13, 2009
While not as good as some of other of Clement's books, this will not disappoint Clements fans.
Twins, who have moved to a new town, through a mistake and sickness are able to pretend that there are only one of them. They like the idea of not being known as a twin.
Twins, who have moved to a new town, through a mistake and sickness are able to pretend that there are only one of them. They like the idea of not being known as a twin.
October 29, 2008
Not my favorite Clements.
November 21, 2011
This a book about people losing things and found back in a bin called the lost and found. In the story someones shoe was lost. Then it was found back.
February 14, 2017
i love Clement's style, this book is not my favourite but it flows enjoyable.
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October 29, 2025
The Grayson family moved to Ohio, and the twins, Jay and Ray, started going to Taft Elementary School. Ray was sick on the first day, so Jay went to school alone. However, he discovered that the school had lost Ray’s records.
To have fun and stay out of trouble, the twins decided to take turns going to school, pretending to be the same person. Ray had a crush on Melissa Rollins, and Jay liked Julie Parkman, but they still had to be nice to each other’s friends, which made things very complicated.
Their secret almost got revealed when their mom called “Ray,” and both boys answered at the same time. Later, the school nurse, Mrs. Cardiff, discovered that there were actually two different boys. She told the principal, Mrs. Londale, and the twins confessed. In the end, everything was solved, and the twins learned an important lesson about honesty.
I really enjoyed this book and had a great time reading it because it was funny, surprising, and full of clever ideas.
To have fun and stay out of trouble, the twins decided to take turns going to school, pretending to be the same person. Ray had a crush on Melissa Rollins, and Jay liked Julie Parkman, but they still had to be nice to each other’s friends, which made things very complicated.
Their secret almost got revealed when their mom called “Ray,” and both boys answered at the same time. Later, the school nurse, Mrs. Cardiff, discovered that there were actually two different boys. She told the principal, Mrs. Londale, and the twins confessed. In the end, everything was solved, and the twins learned an important lesson about honesty.
I really enjoyed this book and had a great time reading it because it was funny, surprising, and full of clever ideas.
November 11, 2015
A thoughtful, well-written, and insightful view into the world of identical twins, triplets, quadruplets, naturally-occuring clones, and similar individuals. The topics discussed within this book (as is the case with nearly every book ever written by Andrew Clements) addresses a common problem/reality of human life that is consistently overlooked by more conventional and less reflective authors. Having had cousins who were fraternal twins and having provided childcare to identical twins, before, I have more insights into some of these heart-wrenching, predictable struggles over identity issues that haunt twins/clones in ways unique to the rest of us.
The identical twins I've cared for before have made similar stupid naming mistakes with their infants. I swear parents of newborns never put one ounce of thought into the fact that their offspring WILL, in fact, become adults at some point, unless they die first!!!!!!! As such, they need to give their child(ren) names that are appropriate both for a child and for an adult and not play stupid rhyming games with them (or, similarly as bad, give them all names that start with the same letter, which makes it just as hard for strangers to recall the name of any of their offspring)! The identical twins Ive cared for were given similar rhyming names, like the boys in this book (I believe they were Janette and Danette). However, each child was "assigned" a separate color of clothing/toys/bedding/etc. to wear/use (one had to wear/use red, while the other was assigned blue),
Both in the case of the boys in this book, as well as, the young girls I once knew, learning which child was which would have been far more effectively handled if each child had to wear their hair in a completely different style/length and COLOR, than their twin. Hair shape and color would mark each child distinctively, while still giving each child a voice in her/his appearance. Clothing items can easily be switched by mischievous twins, but hair length/shape/style and color CANNOT be "switched" at will, by children. By the time they reach adolescence, they will no longer EVER want to be "identical" to each other (as was clearly displayed in this book), so they will not attempt to try to fool anyone, by that point, unless they have serious mental health and/or psychopathic tendencies (which will be much bigger problems than confusing appearances).
Another issue this book raises is one I'm aware of, as a teacher. Regardless of how similar or different two siblings may or may not be, they should NEVER be placed in the same class(es) together. Sibling rivalry is a serious enough issue that making siblings classmate competitors on top of family competitors is a GUARANTEED recipe for educational disasters! They schools I've attended and taught in have automatically had rules against putting siblings together in a classroom, however, I'm aware there are many students across the nation and world that do not follow that practice.
I had a sense of just how bad it could be to put two siblings in the same class when I was once forced to teach two cousins in my classroom. They were two very different children being raised by two very different sisters/mothers. The older of the two cousins was a gifted girl who lived within a stable, two parent home and had parents invested in her education. The younger cousin was a boy who lived with a single mom who had two other children with two other men/fathers. That boy entered my class with significant intellectual/learning delays which led to him being placed in special needs programs for a couple of years before starting formal school.
Both children were Hispanic and started the school year not knowing how to speak/read/write English. By the end of the year, the girl was entirely fluent in speaking/understanding verbal English and quite advanced in her abilities to engage in early reading and writing activities, in English. The boy was a different story because his mother (who had graduated from a USA high school) had never learned to speak either Spanish or English fluently - thus spoke in this odd blend of the two languages.
This mish-mash of the two languages confused her son, who could never really understand that Spanish and English are two distinctive and different languages, rather than a single, blended one. He was able to speak and understand English about 75% of the time, by the end of the school year. However, he was falling further and further behind his peers in every subject area, as his mother made no efforts to help her child learn anything, at home, nor to speak either Spanish or English more consistently, for his benefit.
He already had some bullying tendencies, by the time he was in preschool - tendencies I very much doubt his mother ever took seriously - thus I feel profound grief when I think of how he's probably turned out, by now. The circumstances of his life were not his fault, yet he suffered dearly for having ended up in the family he did - even if his cousin has probably gone on to succeed brilliantly, because of the benefits of the home she was born into. So very tragic to watch a young child fight against horrible odds, every minute of every day and to be able to do so little for him, beyond my best. He felt so bad about his inability to perform up to the level of his peers (or communicate with them, even the fluent Spanish speakers), that he tended to socialize/play only with his cousin - a fact she didn't appreciate at all. I told both parents that the two children should never again be placed in the same classroom (for the sake of each of them) and, fortunately, both parents agreed to that arrangement.
The identical twins I've cared for before have made similar stupid naming mistakes with their infants. I swear parents of newborns never put one ounce of thought into the fact that their offspring WILL, in fact, become adults at some point, unless they die first!!!!!!! As such, they need to give their child(ren) names that are appropriate both for a child and for an adult and not play stupid rhyming games with them (or, similarly as bad, give them all names that start with the same letter, which makes it just as hard for strangers to recall the name of any of their offspring)! The identical twins Ive cared for were given similar rhyming names, like the boys in this book (I believe they were Janette and Danette). However, each child was "assigned" a separate color of clothing/toys/bedding/etc. to wear/use (one had to wear/use red, while the other was assigned blue),
Both in the case of the boys in this book, as well as, the young girls I once knew, learning which child was which would have been far more effectively handled if each child had to wear their hair in a completely different style/length and COLOR, than their twin. Hair shape and color would mark each child distinctively, while still giving each child a voice in her/his appearance. Clothing items can easily be switched by mischievous twins, but hair length/shape/style and color CANNOT be "switched" at will, by children. By the time they reach adolescence, they will no longer EVER want to be "identical" to each other (as was clearly displayed in this book), so they will not attempt to try to fool anyone, by that point, unless they have serious mental health and/or psychopathic tendencies (which will be much bigger problems than confusing appearances).
Another issue this book raises is one I'm aware of, as a teacher. Regardless of how similar or different two siblings may or may not be, they should NEVER be placed in the same class(es) together. Sibling rivalry is a serious enough issue that making siblings classmate competitors on top of family competitors is a GUARANTEED recipe for educational disasters! They schools I've attended and taught in have automatically had rules against putting siblings together in a classroom, however, I'm aware there are many students across the nation and world that do not follow that practice.
I had a sense of just how bad it could be to put two siblings in the same class when I was once forced to teach two cousins in my classroom. They were two very different children being raised by two very different sisters/mothers. The older of the two cousins was a gifted girl who lived within a stable, two parent home and had parents invested in her education. The younger cousin was a boy who lived with a single mom who had two other children with two other men/fathers. That boy entered my class with significant intellectual/learning delays which led to him being placed in special needs programs for a couple of years before starting formal school.
Both children were Hispanic and started the school year not knowing how to speak/read/write English. By the end of the year, the girl was entirely fluent in speaking/understanding verbal English and quite advanced in her abilities to engage in early reading and writing activities, in English. The boy was a different story because his mother (who had graduated from a USA high school) had never learned to speak either Spanish or English fluently - thus spoke in this odd blend of the two languages.
This mish-mash of the two languages confused her son, who could never really understand that Spanish and English are two distinctive and different languages, rather than a single, blended one. He was able to speak and understand English about 75% of the time, by the end of the school year. However, he was falling further and further behind his peers in every subject area, as his mother made no efforts to help her child learn anything, at home, nor to speak either Spanish or English more consistently, for his benefit.
He already had some bullying tendencies, by the time he was in preschool - tendencies I very much doubt his mother ever took seriously - thus I feel profound grief when I think of how he's probably turned out, by now. The circumstances of his life were not his fault, yet he suffered dearly for having ended up in the family he did - even if his cousin has probably gone on to succeed brilliantly, because of the benefits of the home she was born into. So very tragic to watch a young child fight against horrible odds, every minute of every day and to be able to do so little for him, beyond my best. He felt so bad about his inability to perform up to the level of his peers (or communicate with them, even the fluent Spanish speakers), that he tended to socialize/play only with his cousin - a fact she didn't appreciate at all. I told both parents that the two children should never again be placed in the same classroom (for the sake of each of them) and, fortunately, both parents agreed to that arrangement.
June 3, 2019
I’ve always wondered what it would be like it twins did that. Now I know! This book was a fun, easy read that had funny and sad parts in it. I enjoyed reading about the connection between the two brothers, and how their bond strengths with every fight. I used to know a set of identical twins. They were impossible to tell apart, I wonder if they ever did something like this.
July 11, 2021
I wish the author had a better title that reminded you about the subject of the book more, but it's basically about two twins who have the opportunity to pretend to be just one person. Decent concept and execution and the author makes sure to discourage kids from copying it, even though in reality, it's the perfect crime.
December 11, 2024
Very fun book! Since the book is about two identical twins, I enjoyed it immensely! Because, I have an identical twin sister. I have a little freckle on my left shin, which is how people could tell us apart. We would never think to do anything tricky because we were just too shy.
Also, we had three other siblings so really didn't hink that much about being a twin. It sure is fun!
Also, we had three other siblings so really didn't hink that much about being a twin. It sure is fun!
July 1, 2022
Not a bad book. It has some interesting moments. It is about a 12 year old boy who ends up getting lost and the had a huge search for this kid. Luckily, he is found and he is okay. 3 stars seems to fit just right for this book. It has some boring parts. I personally don't like picture less books.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
February 23, 2025
Any book I read with my girls is going to be my favorite…. Too many fun memories to dislike any of them. This one was cute and my 7 year old ate it up. Went over a lot of my 4 year old’s head but still so enjoyable for all of us.
May 7, 2022
A: 5 stars. "A good beginning, a good end, a good middle, good details, and good pictures."
April 22, 2018
The story of identical twins who decide to try out not being a twin for a few days, this book was alright, but I had a tough time getting to know the characters. Maybe that was on purpose, but it made it difficult to track the storyline. One of the brothers was better at math, soccer, wrestling, and a faster runner, and the other brother was more socially adept...? Or maybe I'm mixed up with who was better at what. But physically, they are a perfect match for each other? This is the kind of book where you know from the beginning that everything is going to go terribly wrong, and it does. But it's pretty mild, all things considered.
When push came to shove, the dad was pretty cool by the end, but the ending of the story was abrupt and unsatisfying for me, with most everything left vague and unresolved. Probably the target audience would overlook most of the shortcomings, and those aside, it was still an enjoyable read.
When push came to shove, the dad was pretty cool by the end, but the ending of the story was abrupt and unsatisfying for me, with most everything left vague and unresolved. Probably the target audience would overlook most of the shortcomings, and those aside, it was still an enjoyable read.
February 1, 2017
In the last 6 months I have read 17 books by Andrew Clements. Along with Chris d’Lacey, Clements is currently among my top children’s and YA authors. He writes with such incredible insight into children, childhood and the school environment. Most of his stories are or a realistic fiction. They are events you could see happening with your children, children you know, or kids around your neighbourhood. His books are great fun reads!
In this adventure the Grayson twins have moved yet again. But on the first day of school Ray is sick. But during attendance they do not call Ray’s name. And there is no empty desk for him. For the first time in his life Jay finds out what it is like to not be a twin, and he loves it. And so Jay comes up with a plan. The school does not know there are supposed to be two Grayson boys so they will alternate days at school. They do plan on telling the truth next Friday. And the conflict between the two is escalating because of wanting different friends and activities at school. But an observant nurse at school starts to realise something is amiss.
It was really interesting watching the twins try and act as one person, with their different strengths, interests and aptitudes. They both soon have close friends, female interest. And only one of them is good at math.
The characters in this story are great. Both the Grayson twins Ray and Jay, James, Melissa. Even the teachers and parents are very well done. The setting, of young boys at a new school is also really well written. And the illustrations by Mark Elliott, though few are great drawings that capture elements of the story very well.
Andrew Clements is an incredible writer and this was another great read. I can highly recommend it!
Read the review on my blog Book Reviews and More and reviews of other books by Andrew Clements.
In this adventure the Grayson twins have moved yet again. But on the first day of school Ray is sick. But during attendance they do not call Ray’s name. And there is no empty desk for him. For the first time in his life Jay finds out what it is like to not be a twin, and he loves it. And so Jay comes up with a plan. The school does not know there are supposed to be two Grayson boys so they will alternate days at school. They do plan on telling the truth next Friday. And the conflict between the two is escalating because of wanting different friends and activities at school. But an observant nurse at school starts to realise something is amiss.
It was really interesting watching the twins try and act as one person, with their different strengths, interests and aptitudes. They both soon have close friends, female interest. And only one of them is good at math.
The characters in this story are great. Both the Grayson twins Ray and Jay, James, Melissa. Even the teachers and parents are very well done. The setting, of young boys at a new school is also really well written. And the illustrations by Mark Elliott, though few are great drawings that capture elements of the story very well.
Andrew Clements is an incredible writer and this was another great read. I can highly recommend it!
Read the review on my blog Book Reviews and More and reviews of other books by Andrew Clements.
June 10, 2018
Andrew Clements has done it again. Here's a book that, on the surface, is just a great, page-turner of a book. Two identical twins, Jay and Ray, arrive at a new school and have realized that the school misplaced one of the files from their old school. So they're unaware that there are two boys--they think there's only one. For a few weeks, Jay and Ray take turns going to school, happy to experience life without a twin. Without the glances or "that's so cute!" or constant mix-ups that have happened for all of their twelve years.
But keeping up the lie becomes really difficult really quickly, and here's where Clements provides parents and teachers a great book to talk about more than just characters and story plot. The emphasis on telling the truth, on the importance and true nature of individuality, and eye-opening lessons on how gossip happens are all useful aspects of this book.
Once again, Clements proves himself to be one of the best authors around at getting into middle schoolers' heads while still adding sage lessons in just the right way.
But keeping up the lie becomes really difficult really quickly, and here's where Clements provides parents and teachers a great book to talk about more than just characters and story plot. The emphasis on telling the truth, on the importance and true nature of individuality, and eye-opening lessons on how gossip happens are all useful aspects of this book.
Once again, Clements proves himself to be one of the best authors around at getting into middle schoolers' heads while still adding sage lessons in just the right way.
April 1, 2013
I have recently started Lost and Found by Andrew Clements and found it to be very interesting. The title reminds me of a lost and found were you put clothes and other belongings after they are lost, but it's not the same. It's a story on how twin brothers create a lie. Jay (one of the brothers) is one of the smarter people at the school, shy, and can't get conversation started with girls. But, Ray (his twin brother) is the opposite. Ray loves sports, he is smart but too smart, fast at making friends, and can talk to anyone. The brothers are trying to make everyone think that they are just one person so only one of them goes to school. I'm not sure at all how it will end, but it is hard to imagine they can do this without someone finding out. I know I would never want to be doing what they are doing. I really recommend this book so far. I think it will be a good story of why it is important to tell the truth.
February 20, 2019
This middle grade novel explores what it means to be a twin. Identical brothers with rhyming names start a new school in a new neighborhood, but one is home sick and the other realizes that the school thinks there is only one Grayson boy, not a pair of twins. One of the twins talks the other into alternating days at school, pretending to be the same boy, in an attempt to see what it feels like to be free of the continual mistaken identities for one another. Interestingly, they discover that their deception and constant need for lies to cover their tracks leads to pretending to be more and more like one another, rather than having the desired effect of freedom from constant comparison. Not the best work from Clements, but a solid story and a quick read.
August 19, 2012
When I was reading Lost and Found it made me think how it would be if I had a twin and I didn't know what it felt like if I was not with my twin. It was confusing at times when I was reading because when the twin brothers were born their parents named them Jay and Ray. Both brothers want to fell what it like to be alone and not be compared to someone else and just be them self. So Jay thinks of an idea where Jay goes to school the Jay stays home and Ray goes to school. But the teachers soon fined out and they get into big trouble. Even though having a twin may be fun just now that 2 heads are not better than 1.
October 30, 2016
I liked this book a lot, I thought it was really cool that the whole 5th grade did a no talking competition. My favorite part was when the principle Mrs. Hiatt agreed to join the no talking game. I rated this book four stars because it was a great book, but it was a little to short for me.
May 20, 2019
My boys are really enjoying these Clements novels lately. They are always fun, entertaining, and relatable, while at the same time teaching deeper lessons and providing opportunities for discussion. This book in particular is about the importance of honesty.
November 24, 2009
I gave this book a four because it is pretty good. I think the author is very realistic. I did enjoy reading about someone who is my age doing things for themselves.
March 18, 2016
this book straight , I guess .
December 8, 2017
This book was very funny. I have read a lot of his books and I was very amazed by this one. I wish that there was a sequel.
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