Double Take: The Story of Twins

by Daniel Jussim

A fascinating glimpse into the world of twins, multiples, and conjoined twins features incredible stories, provides profiles of families with multiples including the McCaughey Septuplets and the Dionne Quintuplets, and introduces readers to Brittany and Abigail Hensel, a set of conjoined twins, who have risen above the challenges of their rare condition.

80 pages, Hardcover

First published April 23, 2001

Reviews

[Sarah D. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sarah Davis

12/16/10
Conjoined twins, fraternal twins, identical twins, animal twins, and even evil twins! Have you ever wondered what the science was behind twins? Or have you ever wanted to know how twins live? The book Double Take talks about all different types of twins and how twins are developed. During this book you find sad, exciting surprising and happy emotions on your face. This book takes you through many different journeys of different real life scenarios. Some of the different stories include twins that were separated at birth and more. There are other stories about twins who are conjoined and stories of mothers who give births to multiple babies at once. The book is divided into chapter and each chapter was a different type of twin. Inside each chapter there are section headings that usually have a story inside of them. There is also lots of pictures with captions. There is a table of contents in the binging of the book. I think this book is organized very appropriately, and it’s very easy to find information by looking at the table of contents or reading headings. I really enjoyed the authors writing style because it is very straightforward but very detailed. Yes the author definitely knows the subject very well. I think twins, and young adults should read this book for informational purposes, twins would learn how they were developed. And others would learn interesting facts about twins

[Camryn · Rating 3 out of 5]

This non-fiction book was about many different kinds of twins. The main focused types of twins are: Fraternal, Identical, Multiples, Long Lost, and Conjoined. Throughout the book, there was many different stories about each type of twins. I enjoyed the stories in the book, but I wish the book was a little bit more educational. Although at the beginning, the author did talk about how twins are formed, most of the book was only stories. But, I thought the stories were very fascinating. I give this book 2 1/2 stars out of 5. I would recommend this book to people who want to read about interesting twin stories.

[Matty · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very interesting & enjoyable book, discussing many different types of twins & many types of interesting cases.