Frenemies in the Family
Famous Brothers and Sisters Who Butted Heads and Had Each Other's Backs
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- USD 7.99
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- USD 7.99
Descripción editorial
One minute you can't live without them . . . the next minute you don't want them breathing your air! Siblings everywhere will relate to this humorous look at famous brothers and sisters whose important bonds have shaped their accomplishments . . . (mostly) for the better.
They blame you when they get in trouble. They seem like your parents' favorite. They are the only enemy you can't live without. Almost everyone has a juicy story about their siblings--even famous people. Meet those who got along, those who didn't, and everyone in between!
Demi Lovato and her sisterTennis superstars Serena and Venus WilliamsWalt and Roy DisneyPrinces William and HarryStephen Colbert and his eleven older siblings Quarterbacks Peyton and Eli ManningThe Jacksons (Michael, Janet, and family)Reality TV sensations, the Gosselins Queen Elizabeth I and the queen who history remembers as Bloody MaryConjoined twins Chang and Eng BunkerJohn Wilkes Booth (the man who assassinated Abraham Lincoln) and his brother EdwinVincent and Theo van GoghAirplane inventors, the Wright brothersThe RomanovsThe Kennedys
Oh, brother! This could get ugly. . . .
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This entertaining compendium of 15 concise, chatty tales spotlights the relationships among siblings renowned for their achievements, foibles, eccentricities, or birthrights: Wilbur and Orville Wright, Serena and Venus Williams, the Jacksons, and others. Krull (One Fun Day with Lewis Carroll) opens with her most sensational entry, about Mary I and Elizabeth I, Henry VIII's sparring daughters, revealing how Mary's perpetuation of her father's ruthless treatment of family and foes earned her the nickname Bloody Mary ("She revived the laws against heresy... and started torturing and killing Protestant heretics, displaying the rotting corpses all around London as warnings"). Among the most moving chapters are those on Vincent van Gogh and his devoted brother, Theo, and on Princes William and Harry, whose bond was strengthened by tragedy. Comics sequences at the end of each chapter offer supplementary details about these siblings and about families in general. Krull's wry asides and droll observations make for a light and lively narrative, as do Lam's loose caricatures. Ages 8 12. Author's)
