Trading Places
by Claudia Mills
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When fifth-grade twins, Amy and Todd, tackle a school project, they also have to cope with issues of friendship at school and problems at home, including their father's unemployment.Tags
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Amy and Todd have always been sure of their roles in the family, until things start changing. This book deals with issues in family life, specifically one parent losing a job and the other parent having to take on more work to compensate. Todd has always been the engineer in the family, and his sister Amy has always been the poet. But now that things are changing at home, Todd and Amy find that these roles no longer fit, and they struggle to find who they really are. Parents and teachers can use this book to demonstrate how it is unfair to judge a person by the one trait they display most. Children can evolve and change, and no one can be defined by just one aspect of their personality.
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Claudia Mills is an American author of children's books. She is also an associate professor of philosophy at the University of Colorado Boulder. She has written several children's series including: Mason Dixon Series, Gus and Granpa Series, West Creek Middle School Seres, and Dinah Series. (Bowker Author Biography)
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