Never Mind!: A Twin Novel by Avi

Never Mind!: A Twin Novel Reviews

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  Andrea

  Never Mind! is about twin siblings, Meg and Edward, who get caught up in a lie. Meg is new to a school for gifted students and longs to join the exclusive Club for High Achievers (CHA). To ensure her chances for membership into this club, she lies that her gorgeous twin brother's rock band will perform at a CHA member's birthday party. Her brother Edward is not gorgeous nor is he in a rock band. Edward finds out about this lie and accidentally creates a rock band to perform at the party to humiliate his sister. As each chapter alternates between Meg and Edward's stories, the lies become more intertwined. The characters realize at the end of the story that they are more alike than they ever imagined. I recommend this book for 5th-7th graders. A good book for teaching Voice (6 Traits); however, this book is best suited for teen enjoyment reading.
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  Macray

  NEVER MIND By: Rachel Vail
  
  The main character are meg and Edward, are twins. They both live in the same apartment on 101th street.
  
  Both Meg and Edward think, hate being twin.
  
  Meg Edward are so annoyed by each other. Edward can't decide "should I stay in the band or quit band?" Everybody thinks Meg has a boyfriend but she doesn't. Meg is so annoyed by the rumor.
  
  NEVER MIND teaches the reader lessons like...
  
  1. Growing up is hard but reading about someone else growing up could help you grow up.
  
  2. Don't stop trying if you mess up.
  
  Who knew that reading NEVER MIND could solve your problems?
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  Paul

  I gave this 2 stars because all the book says is one phrase; the title. It just pains me to say it because I've seen that phrase so many times. I had to finish the book because I was more than halfway through, so I said, why not. But this book may had a lot of plot, but nothing really made sense (I'm pretty sure this is near my level, but it is just the way the author writes the book). But I like the fact of using perspective.
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  LouAnne

  I am using this again with my reading class - fun story of twins - Meg and Edward. Would be a great Disney movie!
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  Gabi

  it was so awesome
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  Nico

  Never Mind! by Avi is a really good book. The book reminded me of another book called Wonder, because they are both novels, and they both have multiple perspectives. In the book Never Mind! by Avi, Meg and Edward (The main characters) are extremely different, but they are twins. Meg is the picture perfect child, while Edward has problems, and doesn't get good grades. Meg tries to join a High Achievers Club, but Edward becomes Envious of Meg and her talents, so he tries to make sure Meg doesn't join the High Achievers club, and he succeeds. I would recommend this book to people who can relate to characters feelings.
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  Kayleigh Bigwarfe

  Edward and Meg are twins. Although they may have the same birthday and have the same parents, they are nothing alike. Whether it's grades, personality, or height, these two people couldn't be more different. They are day and night. When Meg gets herself into a mess at her new school,Edward drags himself into it after listening to his sisters phone call. How will the twins be able to pull themselves out of this?
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  Lara

  I'd never heard of this book, but my 3rd grade girl twin brought it home from the school library super excited about a book about girl/boy twins. I read it to my boy/girl twins, and it was okay. I didn't love how much the twins in the book didn't love each other. (I kind of didn't want my kids to know that was a possibility!) But the book's ending made up for all the meanness, and although my boy twin got super bored and stopped listening halfway through the book, my girl twin was captivated by it from the beginning to end!
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  Judy

  3.5
  
  Halfway through the book I considered giving up. Was the book poorly written? boring? No ... I just figured that I wasn't the target audience.
  
  However, somewhere there in the middle, the plot tightened and I chuckled out loud a couple of times (rare indeed). The plot is very tangled but it works out ... somehow ... in the end.
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  Holly

  Sweet story that highlights the difference in perspective from two siblings. It doesn't tell the same story from both twins but alternates chapters (and authors) between them.
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  Sam

  Started January 13, 2019
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  Nancy

  "...sure, parents want you to grow up and live, but they don't seem to notice how often you die."
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  Alex Anderson

  Engaging! Definitely A great book.
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  Emmy

  VERY GOOD
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  Kerry

  It is always so much fun to read new books ordered for the library over the summer. I chose this one first because I love Avi and was intrigued with the concept of a book being narrated by twins (one a boy, one a girl). Despite what everyone says, not all twins are best friends and finish each other's sentences and are attached at the hip. Meg and Edward don't get along and are nothing alike. Meg is smart and popular and neat and a great athlete. Edward is, well, the polar opposite.
  
  When Kimberly, the most popular girl at Meg's new school for the gifted (needless to say, Edward doesn't attend) calls Meg to ask her if she wants to join the High Achiever's Club, Edward answers the phone. He tells her he is uMeg's twin and tells her he goes to a detention home for troubled boys. Which is not true, but he certainly does not want his perfect sister to get into a High Achiever's Club. That would make him look so bad!
  
  When Meg and Kimberly actually get to chat and Kimberly has all these questions about her mysterious twin brother, Meg somehow explains he is tall and handsome and plays in a band. Kimberly is psyched and asks if the band can play at her party the next weekend. Meg doesn't know what to say, but Edward has been listening on the other line and knows just what to do. He calls Kimberly back and says his (nonexistent) band will do it. He can't wait to see how Meg will get out of this one!
  
  So many lies are told and stories made up, and it is a total comedy of errors. I love reading stories from two different perspectives, and this one will make you laugh and wonder how the twins will get out of every situation.
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  Solace Mngo

  The title of the book is Never Mine by Rachel Vail.
  I think the ending of the story was effective because it ended with, “Never Mind”. I thought that was interesting to end with the title of the book.
  The reader of this book may appeal teenagers because it's based on two teens.
  When Meg is attending Ultra-Competitive Fischer and Edward goes to Alternative School downtown.
  Never Mine by Rachel Vail is a book about two twins who are totally different from each other.
  For seventh grade, brainy Meg is attending ultra-competitive Fischer, while freewheeling. Edward goes to alternative school downtown, But it's just when they're finally out of each others shadows that the trouble begins. Meg's aspirations for popularity and a boyfriend combine with Edward's devious planning and lack of singing ability to set off a showdown the likes of which twindom has never before seen.
  Meg is my favorite character because she is calm, she doesn't care what people say about her.
  Edward, He doesn't go for what he loves, he depends on others.
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  Sky *daughter of Hermes*

  Nevermind!: A Twin Novel showed me that your brother or sister always wants something more from you. Margret wanted Edward to be a big fantastic rock star!! But the question still rose upon me: Was Edward a fantastic rock star after all? In the end I noticed that yeah he was, to Meg and his reader.
  My siblings still think that one day I'm going to be a big shot soccer player. So now I'm the one they look up to and go for their problems. We may not be twins but we are a lot alike in personality. But just like Meg and Edward, "I'm twelve noon and he's midnight." In action to put it in better terms. But if you get anything out of this book, your siblings are always there for you and they will always love you, even if there that little stink bug hiding in the woods. Or would it be your bedroom??