  | Girls of Skylark Lane Author: Benway, Robin | |
| Price: $24.48 | ||
Summary:
Twin sisters join a ragtag neighborhood girls softball team at a time when growing up could mean growing apart.
Reviews:
Kirkus Reviews (+) (10/15/24)
Booklist (02/01/25)
The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (00/09/24)
Full Text Reviews:
Booklist - 02/01/2025 Aggie and Jac, 12-year-old twins from San Francisco, begin their new life in Los Angeles with equal parts thrill and chill. Jac has her outfit and new aura planned out, while Aggie dreads everything from homework to homeroom. Before Jac can even reapply her lip gloss, Aggie makes a friend, and both twins are recruited to join the neighborhood softball team. While this ragtag team of girls practice on the regular, they rarely ever play, as drama from each of their lives gets in the way. Not that this bothers Jac: she only wanted to say hi to the neighbor friend’s cute brother, even if it means hiding a few things from her sister. While dialogue about social awareness feels somewhat undermined by the relative lack of diversity among the majority white characters, the large cast and constant turning of events make it easy to get lost in the pages of this slice-of-life tale about sisterly love. - Copyright 2025 Booklist.
