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A fresh, uproariously funny middle grade novel about an all-out war between two very creative twin siblings This brand-new series by popular screenwriter Geoff Rodkey is a pitch-perfect, contemporary comedy featuring Claudia and Reese, twelve-year-old fraternal twins who couldn't be more different...except in their determination to come out on top in a vicious prank war! But when the competition escalates into an all-out battle that's fought from the cafeteria of their New York City private school all the way to the fictional universe of an online video game, the twins have to decide if their efforts to destroy each other are really worth the price. Told as a colorful oral history by the twins and their friends, The Tapper Twins Go to War (with Each Other) is a hilariously authentic showcase of what it's like to be in middle school in our digitally-saturated world.

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An engaging mash-up of history, gaming, social media, and family dynamics. -- Shelf Awareness An escalating sibling spat delivers 'a buttload of life lessons' along with tears, terrible smells, a dorky Mohawk, and massive numbers of video-game casualties. -- Kirkus Reviews Geoff Rodkey... has his pacing down to a science...The voices of the two characters telling the story are absolutely pitch-perfect...Kids are going to gobble up this new series. -- San Francisco Book Review Offering a full cast to narrate truly gives the audiobook the sound of oral history as well as creating the opportunity to give each character a well-rounded and hilarious reading...Each narrator makes his or her character stand out. The full cast also works well in narrating the text messages and notes from parents. A delightful listen is made even more so by a stellar cast. Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award. -- AudioFile Rodkey clearly knows his audience, as well as the love that (usually) hides underneath sibling warfare. The clear-cut winners are readers of this uproarious series opener, which is packed with both laugh-out-loud moments and heart. -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) Thanks to the inclusion of various points of view, Claudia's reasonably balanced narrative offers plenty of humorous insight. -- Booklist The banter provides an authentic and funny look at sibling rivalry. While sixth graders will enjoy this novel, it might be best labeled as juvenile fiction and would find a ready audience. -- VOYA While there is plenty of hilarity, readers will experience many little pings of recognition; the dynamics between siblings and schoolmates rings true. Rodkey keeps the action moving and relatively light while maintaining a laser-beamlike eye on the complicated bond of twins, navigating the minefield that is middle school without judgment or didacticism. Fragile egos, misunderstandings, and actions that seemed like a good idea at the time are laid out in an engaging format that will be appealing to tween digital natives...A fine beginning to a funny, new middle grade series. -- School Library Journal

Offering a full cast to narrate truly gives the audiobook the sound of oral history as well as creating the opportunity to give each character a well-rounded and hilarious reading...Each narrator makes his or her character stand out. The full cast also works well in narrating the text messages and notes from parents. A delightful listen is made even more so by a stellar cast. Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award. -- AudioFile An escalating sibling spat delivers 'a buttload of life lessons' along with tears, terrible smells, a dorky Mohawk, and massive numbers of video-game casualties. -- Kirkus Reviews The banter provides an authentic and funny look at sibling rivalry. While sixth graders will enjoy this novel, it might be best labeled as juvenile fiction and would find a ready audience. -- VOYA Thanks to the inclusion of various points of view, Claudia's reasonably balanced narrative offers plenty of humorous insight. -- Booklist While there is plenty of hilarity, readers will experience many little pings of recognition; the dynamics between siblings and schoolmates rings true. Rodkey keeps the action moving and relatively light while maintaining a laser-beamlike eye on the complicated bond of twins, navigating the minefield that is middle school without judgment or didacticism. Fragile egos, misunderstandings, and actions that seemed like a good idea at the time are laid out in an engaging format that will be appealing to tween digital natives...A fine beginning to a funny, new middle grade series. -- School Library Journal Rodkey clearly knows his audience, as well as the love that (usually) hides underneath sibling warfare. The clear-cut winners are readers of this uproarious series opener, which is packed with both laugh-out-loud moments and heart. -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) An engaging mash-up of history, gaming, social media, and family dynamics. -- Shelf Awareness Geoff Rodkey... has his pacing down to a science...The voices of the two characters telling the story are absolutely pitch-perfect...Kids are going to gobble up this new series. -- San Francisco Book Review

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Geoff Rodkey grew up in Freeport, Illinois, and began his writing career on his high school newspaper. While in college, he was an editor of both the Harvard Lampoon and the Let's Go travel guide series. His early writing credits include the educational video game Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?, the noneducational MTV series Beavis and Butt-Head, and Comedy Central's Politically Incorrect. Rodkey is the author of the Chronicles of Egg, a comedic middle-grade adventure series, and the Emmy-nominated screenwriter of such hit films as Daddy Day Care, RV, and the Disney Channel's Good Luck Charlie, It's Christmas! He currently lives in New York City with his wife and three sons. Dylan Thomas was born in Swansea, Wales on 27 October 1914. In 1934 his first book of poetry, Eighteen Poems appeared, followed by Twenty-five Poems in 1936, Deaths and Entrances in 1946 and in 1952 his final volume, Collected Poems. He also published many short stories, wrote filmscripts, broadcast stories and talks, did a series of lecture tours in the United States and wrote Under Milkwood, the radio play.During his fourth lecture tour of the United States in 1953, a few days after his 39th birthday, he collapsed in his New York hotel and died on November 9th at St. Vincent's Hospital. His body was sent back to Laugharne, Wales, where his grave is marked by a simple wooden cross.In June 1994, his wife, Caitlin Thomas, died in Italy, where she had spent most of the years of her life after the death of Dylan Thomas. Her body is buried next to his.

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