angela and diabola - Hardcover

Banks, Lynne Reid

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0001856855 ISBN 13: 9780001856851

Publisher: Avon, 1997

Synopsis

Lynne Reid Banks, bestselling author of the award-winning Indian in the Cupboard books, has created a darkly comic, modern classic tale of good and evil. As powerful as it is funny, Angela and Diabola is a story that will speak to young readers on many levels. Twins Angela and Diabola come into the world as different as night and day. From the very beginning, Angela is a happy, beautiful, perfect, blue-eyed little girl. A joy to her parents, she never, never cries. Diabola arrives kicking and screaming, her green eyes flashing and her not-pretty face purple with rage. She is the bane of her parents' lives. With each passing day, Angela becomes more loving, caring, and beautiful. Meanwhile, Diabola tries her best (worst) to be as hateful and revolting as she can be. And she is successful at it-really successful. While Angela makes everyone happy, Diabola makes people infuriated, frightened, and sick to their stomachs. When the twins are old enough for school, it's a nightmare. Angela loves school, and the teacher loves Angela. Diabola has found another place to be her outrageous and appalling self. She spits in the teacher's eye and worse. No one has ever seen such a dreadful child and no one knows what to do about her-not the twins' parents, not the teachers, not even the authorities. Only Angela has the power to affect her twin. But changing Diabola comes at a terrible price...

About this title

About the Author:

Lynne Reid Banks was born in London. After studying at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, she acted and wrote for the repertory stage. Later, she turned to journalism, becoming one of Britain's first female television news reporters. In 1962 she emigrated to Israel, where she married a sculptor, had three sons and taught for eight years in a kibbutz. She now lives with her husband in England. She writes, travels, and visits schools, at home and abroad, full-time. Among Lynne Reid Banks's popular novels for young readers are Angela and Diabola; Harry the Poisonous Centipede; The Fairy Rebel; The Farthest-Away Mountain; The Adventures of King Midas; The Magic Hare; Maura's Angel; and the award-winning Indian in the Cupboard books.

From AudioFile:

Unexpectedly, Mrs. Cuthertson-Jones gives birth to twins, and an unlikely pair at that, for one (Angela) is pure goodness and the other (Diabola) is pure evil. Their parents eventually realize that the girls are dependent upon each other for their very survival but, as they grow older, the inevitable clash between good and evil occurs. The author's training as an actor is evident as she delivers a fully voiced, dramatic performance, acting out each character. With excellent timing and tempo, this is theater at its best; Banks's treatment of both the hilariously funny and more serious parts is so perfect that it is difficult to imagine that reading the book could possibly be as enjoyable as listening to it. S.S.R. An AUDIOFILE Earphones Award winner (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine

About this edition

• Publisher: Avon
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0001856855
• ISBN 13: 9780001856851
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 160