You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by W. I took the top bunk, to be closer to the stars, while Owen took the bottom, to be closer to the bathroom.Īnd since we’d always been the only set of twins at Lewis and Clark Middle School, it hadn’t mattered that we didn’t look or act the same. We’d spent our entire lives sharing birthday parties (though not the same number of guests-he’s much more popular than I am), Christmas presents (I don’t remember asking for a Sports Illustrated subscription, but we’d been “enjoying” one for the past four years) and we’d even shared a bedroom in our old house. , and we were born only a few minutes apart. Owen and I might not have looked or acted even slightly alike, but we’d most definitely been squeezed together for nine months in our mother’s belly. Owen gets jealous when Russell gets new Nike shoes that are blue and silver and match his basketball uniform. What bothered me was that Chris had called them “real” twins. Owen, the basketball 'star.' He tries out for basketball, but so does Russell because Coach Baxter tells him to, and surprisingly Russell makes the team. Mathlete: Double Dribble Compatible Numbers When Owen told me about my new teammates, I wasn’t worried about their size, their letterman jackets, or the fact that they didn’t have to suffer through the grueling tryouts the rest of us Pioneers had (in my case, barely) survived. To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
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