It's Not What You Expect
Publisher
Random House Childrens Books
Publication Year
1982
ISBN
9780380000111
Pages
128 pages
Genre
realism
Format
chapter book
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
At loose ends the summer their parents separate, fourteen-year-old twins open and operate a restaurant with the help of their friends
Grade Level
6-8
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Disability and Health; Separation; Illness; Mental illness; separated parents; separate homes; two homes; living in two homes; Hodgkin's disease; paranoia; insanity
Main Character
teenage boy; teenage girl
Race/Ethnicities
White
Family Formation
mother and father
Keywords
twins; fraternal twins; restaurant; summertime; summer break; teenagers; middle school; friendship; teenage pregnancy; abortion
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Klein, Norma, "It's Not What You Expect" (1982). Diverse Families. 1552.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/1552