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Helen and her sister Eunice have auditioned again and again for all the TV talent shows. But nobody wants to know. They've been sent home by 'Star Turn', 'Search for a Celeb' - by everyone! Helen's a bit small and dumpy, but she has the voice of an angel. Eunice is a stunner, but when she sings it's with the voice of a warthog. As individuals, they're hopeless. But when their pushy mum pairs up with a new boyfriend, he comes up with a fantastic way for them to get to the top...Is 'Diva Wars' ready for the singing Siamese twin sisters?
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Paul Magrs was born in Jarrow, Tyne and Wear in 1969. He's always wanted to write the kinds of book he could never find when he was a teenager. Nowadays he is Senior Lecturer in English Literature and Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
"Twin Freaks" is a children's novel from noted genre author Paul Magrs and is well worth taking a look at, either as a quick read for an adult or a slightly longer one for a child.
Like 2002's "All the Rage", in "Twin Freaks" Magrs takes his inspiration from culture so popular as to leave me feeling like Sir Jeremiah Harman confronted by Gazza. Instead of the horror of boy bands, however, this time round Paul plumbs the painful depths of The X-Factor.
It's a nice idea - take one beautiful, but talent free, sister and one plain, but vocally exceptional, sister (who's also a dwarf), mix them together and ta da - beautiful and talented Siamese twins.
There's not a great deal more I can say about this book - I said it was a book for 'children' rather than 'young adult' because unlike his most recent non-adult book, "Exchange", "Twin Freaks" is most definitely aimed at the younger audience.
As with the earlier "Hands Up" this is funny, clever and entertaining and makes a point about the problems of growing up in a non-traditional family, without descending into the preachy, or forgetting that the book would be nothing without a good story as its backbone. You can't really ask for more and I suspect pre-teen readers will like this a lot.
Like 2002's "All the Rage", in "Twin Freaks" Magrs takes his inspiration from culture so popular as to leave me feeling like Sir Jeremiah Harman confronted by Gazza. Instead of the horror of boy bands, however, this time round Paul plumbs the painful depths of The X-Factor.
It's a nice idea - take one beautiful, but talent free, sister and one plain, but vocally exceptional, sister (who's also a dwarf), mix them together and ta da - beautiful and talented Siamese twins.
There's not a great deal more I can say about this book - I said it was a book for 'children' rather than 'young adult' because unlike his most recent non-adult book, "Exchange", "Twin Freaks" is most definitely aimed at the younger audience.
As with the earlier "Hands Up" this is funny, clever and entertaining and makes a point about the problems of growing up in a non-traditional family, without descending into the preachy, or forgetting that the book would be nothing without a good story as its backbone. You can't really ask for more and I suspect pre-teen readers will like this a lot.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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Helen and her sister Eunice are constantly auditioning for TV talent shows at the insistence of their pushy mother. They never seem to get anywhere. Mostly this is because Helen is small and dumpy with problem hair (but has a fabulous singing voice) whereas Eunice looks the part but has the voice of a warthog! When Helen and Eunice's Mum meets a new boyfriend, they come up with a new way to get them through the auditions; they'll pretend to be Siamese twins!
I've read a lot of Paul Magrs's books and bought this without realising that it was a children's book. It was fun and silly, with a definite touch of Roald Dahl style humour and probably best suited to readers between eight and twelve.
I've read a lot of Paul Magrs's books and bought this without realising that it was a children's book. It was fun and silly, with a definite touch of Roald Dahl style humour and probably best suited to readers between eight and twelve.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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This is a entertaining book. Parodying the countless unimaginative TV talent shows. Full of tears, tantrums, ego's and pushy parents. There are even some judges that shouldn't be too dificult to recognise.
The story takes two children and a very pushy mum and takes you from countless failed attempts to get past the first round of talent shows to how they tricked the nation by pretending to be conjoined twins.
Although this book is aimed at teenagers adults can enjoy it as well.
The story takes two children and a very pushy mum and takes you from countless failed attempts to get past the first round of talent shows to how they tricked the nation by pretending to be conjoined twins.
Although this book is aimed at teenagers adults can enjoy it as well.
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