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Double Act

by Jacqueline Wilson, Nick Sharratt (Illustrations), Sue Heap (Illustrations)

3.54 of 5 stars 3.54 · rating details · 5,346 ratings · 211 reviews

No one can ever be like a mother to us, especially not stupid frizzy dizzy Rose! Ruby and Garnet are 10-year-old identical twins. They do everything together, especially since their mom died three years ago. Can being a double act work forever? Especially when their father starts dating again?

Paperback, 192 pages

Published October 5th 2006 by Transworld Publishers (first published 1995)

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Sep 19, 2011 Anjali rated it 4 of 5 stars

This book's cover was really colorful which also made me pick it.
Thanks to Oumie.This book has a lot of illustrations which made it a good book to read.

Sometimes the illustrations made me and my friends, Oumie LOL!!!

This book was basically about 2 identical twins who are motherless. They look the same but have different personalities. Ruby is the oldest twin and Garnet is younger. So remember that!!! Ruby and Garnet always stick to each other and Ruby's the one who bosses Garnet around. Ruby li...more

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Nov 25, 2012 Harriet Hunt rated it 5 of 5 stars

Double Act follows the lives of identical twins Ruby and Garnet Barker. Ruby is the dominant twin, born 20 minutes before Garnet, and dreams of being an actress. Garnet is much more timid and prefers to let Ruby take the limelight while she focuses on her studies. However, despite their differences they are best friends and love being twins and spooking people out by doing exactly the same things all the time! Sadly, Ruby and Garnet's mum died when they were little so they live with their Dad an...more

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Sep 09, 2012 Natasha added it

Hi everyone! My first book review is on Jacquline Wilson’s Double Act. As a child I was never a big fan of the Jacquline Wilson books; I found her “matter-of-fact” attitude towards reality somewhat bleak. I was therefore pleasantly surprised that I thoroughly enjoyed reading the Double Act.

The Double Act is about ten year old identical twins Ruby and Garnet who are exactly the same! Or are they? They look the same, act the same and weigh the same and yet their personalities are very different....more

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Jun 24, 2012 Lisa Smith rated it 5 of 5 stars

I am a big Jacqueline Wilson fan and as a child read her books continuously, over and over again. Double Act is about 2 twins and there mum died when they where little and they live with their dad and Nan. But one day her dad comes home saying he has met this lady called Rose. The twins Ruby and Garnet hate her the first time she sees her, which is when their dad brings her home to have tea, out off the blue and their Nan tried her best to be nice to Rose. Then her dad suddenly announced that th...more

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Jan 08, 2012 Erika Joo rated it 5 of 5 stars

I read this book called "Double Act" boy Jaqueline Wilson over winter break. This book is about 2 girl who are twins. They act the same, they have the same weight and height but amazingly, their personalities are totally different. Their mother passed away when they were 7 years old because of an illness in her body. After 3 years, when they turned into 10 years old, their father married a old woman named Rose. Rose is older than their father but they love eachother. The 2 girls, Ganet, and Ruby...more

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Dec 19, 2011 Suzie rated it 3 of 5 stars

This was one of the first books I read after I started primary school - I remember because I bought it from the book club leaflets we used to get round. I loved it, unlike pretty much every other Jacqueline Wilson book I subsequently read (with the exception of The Lottie Project). So when I started buying second-hand books I'd loved as a child, this was pretty far up the list.

It just didn't hold up on a re-read. I was torn between giving it two and three stars and only gave it three because I h...more

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Apr 08, 2013 Nabila Anwar rated it 4 of 5 stars

Sebagaimana jamaknya saudara kembar, Ruby dan Garnet selalu dikembar-kembarkan dalam hampir segala hal. Dan mereka tidak keberatan. Awalnya.
Tapi saat ayah mereka menikah dengan Rose yang super duper mereka benci dan mereka harus pindah, Ruby dan Garnet harus berpikir ulang tentang ide : kembar selalu harus sama.

Mereka mengalami banyak hal yang menguatkan karakter mereka. Maksud saya, Ruby sebagai Ruby dan Garnet adalah Garnet. Ada acara menyelinap untuk ikut casting di London, cekcok dengan gen...more

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Mar 26, 2012 Mery rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Ruby dan Garnet adalah saudara kembar. Mereka selalu bersama-sama. Melakukan apa pun bersama-sama. Ruby cenderung tomboi dan pembangkang, Garnet melankolis dan manis. Ruby menyukai akting, Garnet menyukai buku. Mereka tinggal bersama Dad dan Gran. Mum sudah 3 tahun meninggal. Namun mereka sekeluarga hidup bahagia bersama.

Tapi segalanya berbeda ketika Rose datang dalam kehidupan mereka. Rose itu pacar Dad. Ruby dan Garnet membenci Rose karena dialah yang membawa perubahan dalam kehidupan mereka....more Ruby dan Garnet adalah saudara kembar. Mereka selalu bersama-sama. Melakukan apa pun bersama-sama. Ruby cenderung tomboi dan pembangkang, Garnet melankolis dan manis. Ruby menyukai akting, Garnet menyukai buku. Mereka tinggal bersama Dad dan Gran. Mum sudah 3 tahun meninggal. Namun mereka sekeluarga hidup bahagia bersama.

Tapi segalanya berbeda ketika Rose datang dalam kehidupan mereka. Rose itu pacar Dad. Ruby dan Garnet membenci Rose karena dialah yang membawa perubahan dalam kehidupan mereka. Dad tiba-tiba saja menjual rumah dan membeli toko buku di pedesaan. Gran dimasukkan ke penampungan. Dan tentunya Ruby dan Garnet harus pindah sekolah.

Tapi kehidupan mereka di pedesaan juga cukup mengasyikkan, karena mereka selalu bersama-sama. Membuat ulah, bikin kesal Dad, dan yang paling parah kabur dari rumah demi ikut audisi untuk drama seri di tv. Yah, itu usul Ruby sebenarnya.

Ini buku Madam JW lain yang kubaca... Seperti biasa aku sukaaaa. :D
Dulu aku ingin sekali punya saudara kembar, tapi ga yakin juga bisa tahan. Karena sebenarnya aku orang yang tak suka diduakan *halah*

Kalau bicara anak kembar pasti bicara siapa yang lebih tua maka dia yang lebih dituruti. Seperti itulah Ruby. Dia selalu menekan Garnet untuk melakukan apa-apa yang dia inginkan, walau sebenarnya Garnet enggan melakukannya.

Sedangkan Garnet, dia selalu pasrah dan menuruti apa kata Ruby.
Membaca buku ini agak kesal juga dengan sikap Ruby yang mendominasi, tapi namanya anak-anak memang begitu. Aku rasa dulu waktu kecil pun aku terlalu mendominasi adikku. ;D
Bisa dibilang kami kembar. Karena beda usia cuma 1 tahun. Kalau aku disuruh Ibu, pasti aku nyuruh adikku untuk melakukannya. ;D
Kalau aku lagi bandel, pasti bawa-bawa adikku untuk ikutan bandel, biar kalau diomelin aku ga sendirian. Hehehe. Licik yaaa ;D

Untungnya di akhir buku, Ruby dan Garnet seakan diberi pencerahan gitu deh... kalau mereka sebenarnya ga mesti melakukan apa-apa bersama-sama. Wujudkan keinginan masing-masing tanpa ada tekanan dari pihak lain... :)

3.5*

Btw aku suka gaya bahasanya... benar-benar berbeda dan khas si tokoh banget. Ketika Ruby yang bercerita gayanya agak preman. Ketika Garnet yang bercerita gayanya mendayu. :D(less)

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Dec 22, 2012 bakanekonomama rated it 2 of 5 stars

"Double Act" yang dalam bahasa Indonesia diterjemahkan menjadi "Si Kembar Berulah" adalah buku ketiga Jacqueline Wilson yang saya baca, setelah "The Worry Website" dan "The Cat Mummy". Sayangnya, buku ketiga madam JW yang saya baca ini, nggak bisa terlalu saya nikmati seperti buku-buku sebelumnya.

Tema ceritanya sih oke, tentang si kembar, Ruby dan Garnet, yang hidup bersama ayah dan nenek mereka. Hhmm.. Ibunya kemana? Meninggal. Hah? Lagi? Yep. Mereka nggak punya ibu. Sama kayak si Verity di "T...more "Double Act" yang dalam bahasa Indonesia diterjemahkan menjadi "Si Kembar Berulah" adalah buku ketiga Jacqueline Wilson yang saya baca, setelah "The Worry Website" dan "The Cat Mummy". Sayangnya, buku ketiga madam JW yang saya baca ini, nggak bisa terlalu saya nikmati seperti buku-buku sebelumnya.

Tema ceritanya sih oke, tentang si kembar, Ruby dan Garnet, yang hidup bersama ayah dan nenek mereka. Hhmm.. Ibunya kemana? Meninggal. Hah? Lagi? Yep. Mereka nggak punya ibu. Sama kayak si Verity di "The Cat Mummy" dan Holly di "The Worry Website". The theme was okay when i read the books above, but i get kinda boring with the same theme over and over again like that.

Terus, sama seperti di "The Worry Website", si ayah punya pacar baru setelah ditinggal istrinya. Dan, si kembar nggak suka sama pacar baru ayah mereka. Tapi, disini ayah si kembar tuh egois bangettt!!! （＞д＜）Masa ya, dia kenalan sama nih cewek, terus ceweknya langsung diajak makan bareng keluarga mereka, eh nggak lama kemudian si ayah (yang dipehaka dari kerjaannya) memutuskan untuk pindah ke desa, buka toko buku idamannya, sambil ngajak si kembar tentunya, terus ibunya (atau mungkin ibu istrinya dulu) ditinggal di panti jompo!!

Okelah kalau misalnya itu adalah hal yang biasa di UK sana, tapi tetap aja saya nggak bisa menerima keegoisan si ayah yang nggak memikirkan perasaan putri kembarnya. Ya memang sih dia kesepian setelah ditinggal istrinya dan dia butuh kasih sayang, karena sibuk cari uang buat si kembar. Cuma, dia juga harusnya ngerti dong, kalau si kembar pasti butuh waktu buat menjajaki wanita yang mengambil hati ayah mereka. Lha ini? Baru kenal sebentar, terus ujug-ujug si kembar harus tinggal sama cewek asing yang berperan seolah-olah sebagai ibu mereka. Kalo gw sih, bakalan ngamuk dah. Sama kayak si kembar yang jadi berulah macam-macam. Terutama si Ruby, yang memang memiliki pribadi keras, dominan, dan tidak suka diatur-atur.

"Tidakkah kalian ingin Dad bahagia?" kata Rose, menatap Ruby dan kemudian menatapku.

Tidak denganmu!

"Dia mengalami masa-masa sulit beberapa tahun terakhir. Kalian berdua masih kecil sekali sehingga mungkin tak menyadari, tapi dia hampir hancur berantakan ketika ibu kalian meninggal."

Kami menatapnya tak bersuara, membencinya. Berani sekali dia! Saat itu kami juga merasa hancur berkeping-keping.

"Keadaan sulit sekali baginya, tapi dia tetap tabah demi kalian berdua. Dia berusaha sebaik mungkin menghadapi nenek kalian, meski wanita itu kadang-kadang menyebalkan sekali."

Berani-beraninya dia mengkritik Gran!

"Dia tak pernah bersenang-senang, dia tak pernah kemana-mana, dia begitu kesepian," katanya.

Bagaimana mungkin Dad kesepian? Dia memiliki kami!

Dan bagaimanapun juga saya nggak bisa suka sama dua orang dewasa itu. Rose dan ayah si kembar... (＃｀д´)ﾉ Terserah deh ya kalau mereka mau saling suka terus mau jadian, terus mau tinggal bareng (meskipun saya nggak suka juga mereka tinggal bareng), atau gimana. Tapi, mereka kan harusnya mikirin perasaannya si kembar. Bagaimanapun juga, mereka berdua masih kecil. Masih sepuluh tahun. Banyak hal di dunia orang dewasa yang nggak mereka mengerti, dan mereka nggak boleh dong seenaknya memaksakan kehendak mereka pada Ruby dan Garnet hanya karena dia ayahnya dan cewek itu adalah pacar ayahnya.

Padahal, cara bertuturnya JW di buku ini sudah cukup unik. Memakai sudut pandang Ruby dan Garnet secara bergantian. Ruby yang dominan, mau menang sendiri, senang menjadi pusat perhatian digambarkan dengan kata-kata yang penuh percaya diri dan yah, suka mengatur. Sementara Garnet yang pendiam dan menerima saja apa kata Ruby (soalnya dialah sang adik), adalah anak yang berhati peka, senang membaca dan menulis, dan juga cerdas.

Tapi yah, bagaimanapun juga bagian ayah dan sang pacar itu benar-benar nggak bisa saya terima. Jadi, cukup dua bintang aja buat buku ini. Saya belum mau menyerah baca karya-karya JW sih. Setelah ini pun, kalau ada kesempatan, saya masih mau baca... Semoga ratingnya lebih baik dari yang ini.. ^^;(less)

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Sep 08, 2012 Melissa Cooney rated it 4 of 5 stars

Ruby and Garnet Barker are ten year old identical twins who live with their dad and grandmother following the death of their mother. The girls are each other’s best friend and believe they will stay together forever. They tell us their story through a series of both entertaining and emotional diary style entries in their ‘accounts book’.
The girls are inseparable, always dressing the same and even have their own special made up language of words and signs only they know. However, although identi...more

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Jan 13, 2012 Christine Blachford rated it 4 of 5 stars

Mmm, Jacqueline Wilson. I'm secretly very glad that my reading list is giving me an excuse to consume these books. They only take an hour and it's always a glorious experience. I've always loved Ms Wilson's work, since I was a kid, but she's so prolific that I missed out on a lot of the stuff, and then got too old for it.

Somehow, she manages to get right inside the heads of children, which is so impressive to me who cannot relate to little ones at all. Supposedly I was a kid at some point, but I...more

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Apr 16, 2012 Felita rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: children-book

bagaimana cerita saudara kembar saat pertamanya merasa jadi satu kesatuan dan terakhirnya menjadi pribadi unik satu sama lain?

ruby dan garnet, hidup sempurna dg ayah dan neneknya, hingga suatu hari mereka kedatangan ibu tiri baru. hidup ruby dan garnet mjd kacau ketika mereka berempat pindah ke pinggiran kota, ibu tiri menyebalkan dan pindahnya sang nenek ke panti jompo. alhasil mereka memutuskan memberontak dg mjd anak yg menyebalkan. kejadian demi kejadian dilalui si kembar sampai mereka berha...more

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Nov 01, 2009 Rika Daniel rated it 4 of 5 stars

Double Act, 1995 adalah buku Jacqueline "Jacky" Wilson ke-3 ku. Berkisah tentang kembar identik Ruby dan Garnet yang sangat mirip secara fisik tapi begitu berbeda sifatnya. Ruby lebih aktif,banyak bicara, ceria, percaya diri, dan terkesan "bandel." Sementara Garnet adalah kebalikannya, pendiam, tidak percaya diri, terkesan anak baik2.

Ruby dan Garnet begitu bahagia tinggal bersama Dad dan Gran, nenek mereka. Meskipun Mum sudah meninggal, hari2 begitu ceria. Namun kemudian semua berubah saat Rose...more Double Act, 1995 adalah buku Jacqueline "Jacky" Wilson ke-3 ku. Berkisah tentang kembar identik Ruby dan Garnet yang sangat mirip secara fisik tapi begitu berbeda sifatnya. Ruby lebih aktif,banyak bicara, ceria, percaya diri, dan terkesan "bandel." Sementara Garnet adalah kebalikannya, pendiam, tidak percaya diri, terkesan anak baik2.

Ruby dan Garnet begitu bahagia tinggal bersama Dad dan Gran, nenek mereka. Meskipun Mum sudah meninggal, hari2 begitu ceria. Namun kemudian semua berubah saat Rose pacar baru Dad yang "sok akrab" sering datang ke rumah dan mengalihkan perhatian Dad dari Ruby dan Garnet. Gran juga tidak terlalu menyukai Rose, terlebih saat Rose memanggil Dad, dengan sebutan "Ricky."

Keadaan semakin tidak menyenangkan bagi Ruby dan Garnet karena Dad berhenti dari pekerjaannya, membeli sebuah toko di pedesaan untuk berjualan buku2 bekas, dan yang terburuk dari semua itu Gran dikirim ke penampungan dan Ruby dan Garnet harus tinggal bersama Dad dan Rose!

Di tempat tinggal baru di pedesaan si kembar merasa tidak kerasan terlebih dengan rombongan anak cowok yang diketuai si gendut yang mereka sebut Gumpalan selalu mengganggu. Suatu hari, Ruby dan Garnet merencanakan pelarian dari toko, mereka secara diam-diam ikut audisi kembar cewek untuk peran Si Kembar di St Clare karya Enid Blyton. Ruby berhasil meyakinkan juri dengan bakat aktingnya, namun Garnet yang pemalu tidak bisa menunjukkan yang terbaik, terlebih saat Dad tiba2 muncul di samping panggung dan membuyarkan konsentrasi Garnet. Meskipun Ruby tampil bagus, namun Garnet menggagalkan mereka di audisi.

Ruby meminta Garnet menulis surat ke sekolah St Clare yang dijadikan tempat pengambilan gambar film si Kembar di St Clare, sekolah tersebut begitu luar biasa, dengan asrama, lapangan kriket, dan panggung drama. Kepala sekolah St Clare mengizinkan mereka mengikuti tes untuk mendapatkan beasiswa di St Clare namun sekolah tersebut hanya membutuhkan satu murid perrempuan, karena seorang murid mengundurkan diri. Akhirnya Garnet lah yang diterima di St Clare. Ruby awalnya tidak bisa menerima, meskipun Garnet mengatakan tidak ingin pergi ke sekolah tersebut, Ruby menolak berteman lagi dengan Garnet, Ruby tidak ingin Garnet menjadi kembar identiknya lagi, Ruby bahkan memotong cepak rambut kepang duanya agar tidak terlihat sama lagi dengan Garnet, dan membuat Garnet semakin sedih. Selama liburan musim panas, di saat Garnet bersiap utk sekolah barunya, Ruby menemukan jatidiri nya. Dia menjalani hobi nya sendiri, berkelahi dengan Gumpalan namun akhirnya berteman, dan punya buku catatan harian sendiri, tanpa ada cerita Garnet di dalamnya, dan mulai merasakan bahwa Rose tidak seburuk yang dibayangkan dan pada akhir cerita Ruby bahkan ke kursus drama bersama Rose. Namun, di hari terakhir liburan Ruby mulai merasa begitu sedih dengan kepergian Garnet, Rose menghibur Ruby. Ruby akhirnya meminta maaf kepada Garnet dan menjelaskan kalau dia hanya iri dan menyatakan mereka tetap teman dan kembar selamanya.

What I learned from this book:

1. kita tidak harus punya segala sesuatu sama untuk saling mencintai. Ruby dan Garnet begitu berbeda namun mereka telah terikat dengan kasih sayang yang tidak bisa dipisahkan oleh perbedaan.

2. Jadilah diri sendiri agar kita bisa tau dengan kekayaan dan potensi diri. Ruby barangkali tidak akan bisa ke kursus drama jika masih dibayangi Garnet, begitu juga Garnet yang mungkin tidak akan berkembang karena senantiasa diwakili Ruby.

3. Berfikiran positif terhadap hal baru dan lingkungan baru akan membawa kita pada hal2 positif juga. Rose ternyata tidak seburuk yang dibayangkan, pedesaan dan sekolah nya juga akhirnya bisa membuat Ruby betah karena akhirnya dia berteman dengan Gumpalan dan pergi ke khursus drama bersama Rose. Buku yang bagus (^_^)

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Jan 17, 2010 Paula rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Jacqueline Wilson's children's books are very interesting to read as an adult. She confronts life head-on, with no apologies or sugar-coating to her intended audience.

This particular book was about two young twin girls, age about 10. They have some challenges in life; their mother has passed away, they move to a new town, and they have to confront the fact that, as much as they love being twins, they are two unique individuals.

It was a cute, quick read, but I wa...more

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Mar 25, 2012 Harun Harahap rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: anak-hingga-remaja, fiksi, punya, terjemahan

Sepanjang hidup gue sampai sekarang, rasanya gue tak pernah berteman ataupun memiliki kerabat yang kembar. Jadi gue tidak begitu bisa menilai bagaimana kehidupan sepasang kembar. Hal-hal tentang anak kembar, gue dapatkan melalui cerita di televisi atupun di buku. Ada satu hal yang sering dikisahkan yaitu kalau pasangan kembar memiliki ikatan batin. Begitu juga dengan cerita di buku ini. Walaupun mereka berdua mempunyai karakter yang berbeda dan tak jarang bertengkar. Namun pada akhirnya, rasa ka...more

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Jul 12, 2009 Novi_khansa rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Edisi Indonesia: Si kembar berulah

Kembar identik tak selalu harus sama. Kembar identik tak selalu harus bersekolah di tempat yang sama.

Novel ini berisi tulisan harian yang ditulis Ruby dan Garnet secara bergantian. Terlihat dengan jelas sifat, sikap, cara, hobi yang berbeda di antara mereka berdua.

Ruby yang lincah, ceria, seenaknya, sementara GArnet, pemalu, pintar dan penakut harus menerima ketika sang ayah memiliki pacar dan tinggal bersama, berpisah dengan Gran yang sudah tinggal bersama se...more

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Aug 13, 2012 Maria Eduarda rated it 4 of 5 stars

This book is about two identical twins, ruby and garnet. They're so alike, and do everything together. They dress alike, do their hair so and etc. they live with their grandmother and father, as their mother died when they were seven of a rare body disease. But when their book-loving dad buys a bookshop in the country, and gets a new girlfriend, Rose, the girls experience a hard time in their lives. Then, once, they sneak out and go do an audition for the st.claires movie going on. They don't ge...more

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Jan 28, 2011 Em rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2011, aimee-jolie, childrens

I read this book about 10 year old identical twins to 6 year old identical twins (who kept reading ahead of me but I'm taking this as a positive reflection on the book!)

The twins in this book - Ruby and Garnet have been driven closer together by the death of their mother a few years previously and are now having to deal with some challenging situations namely, their father forming a new relationship, moving house and changing school.

The story is told in the individual voice of each sister and th...more

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Dec 23, 2009 Nicholas Whyte added it · review of another edition

"http://nwhyte.livejournal.com/1221260.html[return][return]Double Act is actually a rather happy story, of twins whose world is turned upside down when their widowed father moves them to the countryside to start a second-hand bookshop with his new girlfriend. One of Wilson's great narrative techniques is to have her first-person characters unwittingly show us what other people think of them; here, she does that as usual but has the extra wrinkle of the twins (Ruby, the bossy one, and Garnet, the...more

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Apr 02, 2013 Milly rated it 4 of 5 stars

This is the kind of book you can read over and over and over again and still love it, even though it is for ten-year-olds.
Double Act is about two identical twin sisters. Ruby is brash, loud-mouthed and reckless, the leader, while Garnet is shy and rather weak.
I think this book is really nice, and well-written. I love Jacqueline Wilson's books, especially this one (as it annoys me in lots of her books when the main character is really undesirable and feels sorry for themselves all the time). I...more

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Sep 04, 2011 Laura rated it 5 of 5 stars

I absolutely adored this book when I was growing up, I cannot recall the amount of times I read it! While the title of this book is 'Double Act' both Ruby and Garnet could not be more different. Ruby is loud, lively and ambitious. Garnet is quiet, clever and thoughtful. But despite being total opposites in personality, they're still the best of friends. The Girls mother died when they were young and so they live with their Dad and their Gran. Their father has a new girlfriend Rose who the girls...more

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Dec 21, 2012 Anya rated it 3 of 5 stars

Lol this book made me laugh!! :) This book interested me because I am a twin (although not identical) (plus it's a Jacqueline Wilson book - it's got to be good!). It was very well written and very good.
Although just one negative point - the twins were very different, and I understand that this was intentional, but they are so completely different it is like they are opposites, and the book almost focuses on the girls' differences instead of their similarities. For me, this makes the characters s...more

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Jun 23, 2012 Aleisha rated it 4 of 5 stars

Double Act by Jacqueline Wilson is about ten year old identical twins called Ruby and Garnet. These twins do quite literally everything together, however since the death of their mother things are constantly changing around them. In the story Dad meets a new woman and the girls find themselves having to adapt to the changes of moving house and making friends in a new a school. The girls find themselves coping with these changes differently and begin to question whether being a double act will re...more

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Dec 01, 2010 Isdlions added it

We give this book 4 stars because it is a funny book and interesting book.
I think this book would be good for that like funny and exiting books.
The book takes place in a house that 4 people live in.
One grandma,a silly dad and two twins and they used to have a mother but they split up.
In this story the twins do things at the same time and look the same BUT they act and are very different from the inside.
In the book many exiting things happen and as soon as you get into the book you just can't s...more

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Mar 23, 2013 Megan rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: favourites

I first read this when I was 8 or 9 years old and I still love it. It's an incredibly easy read and I do recommend it for 8-12 year olds.
I like how it's written from two perspectives, and the change from italics to non-italics makes it simple to understand which of the twins are speaking.
I am not ashamed to admit that even as a teen I still read this if an extremely quick and fun read is wanted! I loved the book then and I still love it now. Jacqueline Wilson is the author who really introduced...more

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Jan 29, 2013 Danielle Siddon rated it 4 of 5 stars

This is a book about two twins. One of the twins is very smart her name is Garnet and the other is called Ruby. There are very few people that can tell them apart. When they were babies their mother passed away. A few years later their Dad meets up with a woman named Rose. The twins hate her, and so does their gran. Ruby & Garnet adore their gran but one day they had to leave her and they were very upset and angered by this. They plot to see the back of Rose. The book is action-packed and ex...more

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Dec 08, 2011 Kelsey rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Really good book-written in both of the twins' points of view. That's what really made the book sort of pop out at me. You never seem to see a book with multiple points of view, so to me this was a pretty fresh idea. Also, there was a perfect amount of humor in the book, not so much that I was rolling around on the floor in hysteria, but just enough that I would smile to myself. A perfect read for the train or bus, or while waiting for something. I loved the Double Act, it is definitely one of m...more

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Jan 24, 2013 Mahima Elango rated it 4 of 5 stars

Double Act by Jacqueline Wilson is a book about two identical twins named Ruby and Garnet who go everywhere together and do everything together. Ruby is the more outgoing twin and Garnet is more timid and shy. Garnet is usually pushed by Ruby to do certain things. The twins mother passed away when they were 7 and their Dad has a new girlfriend Rose who they both don't like. However their Dad and Rose decide to move to a small village as their Dad buys a bookshop there. Both girls are unhappy in...more

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May 05, 2012 Holly rated it 3 of 5 stars

A lot of people loved Double Act by Jacqueline Wilson. Regarded by many as being one of her better written titles, it's still popular nearly twenty years after it was first published.

In fact, I've seen a lot of people lately clamouring for a sequel. "What,' they ask, "happened to the twins afterwards?"

But as for me, I don't want to know. I'm not interested in a Double Act sequel, for one perfectly good reason.

Ruby will probably end up dead.

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Mar 25, 2011 Stacy rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2011, ru, 200-to-read-by-bbc, children

Insight in childish selfishness where the most important thing in the world are yourself. I was totally annoyed by Ruby and her behavior... On the whole - the story gives an insight in how it is to be a twin where one of the pair is dominating. Life changes, like twins have experienced (life with one parent, new relationships), happen very often. We can fight back ans struggle all the time. Or we can forget about our selfishness and try to see some positive points in every change.

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Jacqueline "Jackie" Wilson, OBE (born Jacqueline Aitken in Bath on 17 December 1945) is a British author of children's books. Currently one of the bestselling authors in Britain, her books have won a range of major awards and have been adapted for television and stage.

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