Two Cool for School (14 page)

Mrs. Sackett handed Alex a piece of toast and a peeled banana on a paper towel and nodded. She probably knew there was no arguing with Alex about the importance of a good breakfast on a day like today. “Good luck today, girls,” she said, as the sisters traipsed to the door, laden down with heavy backpacks. “It's a big day for both of you.”

Belle Payton
isn't a twin herself, but she does have twin brothers! She spent much of her childhood in the bleachers reading—er, cheering them on—at their football games. Though she left the South long ago to become a children's book editor in New York City, Belle still drinks approximately a gallon of sweet tea a week and loves treating her friends to her famous homemade mac-and-cheese. Belle is the author of many books for children and tweens, and is currently having a blast writing two sides to each It Takes Two story.

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Text by Sarah Albee

ISBN 978-1-4814-0644-4 (pbk)

ISBN 978-1-4814-0645-1 (hc)

ISBN 978-1-4814-0646-8 (eBook)

Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 2013946998