{"id":4052,"date":"2020-07-06T12:00:08","date_gmt":"2020-07-06T16:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/?p=4052"},"modified":"2020-07-05T14:05:44","modified_gmt":"2020-07-05T18:05:44","slug":"readers-advisory-episode-152-mallory-and-the-trouble-with-twins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/readers-advisory-episode-152-mallory-and-the-trouble-with-twins\/","title":{"rendered":"Readers Advisory: Episode 152 &#8211; Mallory and the Trouble With Twins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s what we suggest instead of\/in addition to reading <i>Mallory and the Trouble With Twins<\/i> by Ann M. Martin.\u00a0Listen to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/episode-152-mallory-and-the-trouble-with-twins\">the podcast<\/a>\u00a0to hear us talk about some of these titles in more depth!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/awkward.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-4053\" src=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/awkward-150x215.jpg\" alt=\"Awkward by Svetlana Chmakova\" width=\"150\" height=\"215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/awkward-150x215.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/awkward-209x300.jpg 209w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/awkward.jpg 241w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/bestbabysitters.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-4054\" src=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/bestbabysitters-147x220.jpg\" alt=\"Best Babysitters Ever by Caroline Cala\" width=\"147\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/bestbabysitters-147x220.jpg 147w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/bestbabysitters-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/bestbabysitters.jpg 333w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 147px) 100vw, 147px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/give-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-2005\" src=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/give-1-145x220.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"145\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/give-1-145x220.jpg 145w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/give-1-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/give-1.jpg 330w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 145px) 100vw, 145px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Awkward<\/em> by Svetlana Chmakova (<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2Azpqku\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9780316381307\">Bookshop<\/a>)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Best Babysitters Ever<\/em> by Caroline Cala (<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2BHoTNI\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9781328850898\">Bookshop<\/a>)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>I&#8217;ll Give You the Sun<\/em> by Jandy Nelson (<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3dXPm72\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9780142425763\">Bookshop<\/a>)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/goodkind.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-4055\" src=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/goodkind-146x220.jpg\" alt=\"A Good Kind of Trouble by Lisa Moore Ramee\" width=\"146\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/goodkind-146x220.jpg 146w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/goodkind-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/goodkind.jpg 229w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 146px) 100vw, 146px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/bsc.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-4056\" src=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/bsc-150x218.jpg\" alt=\"Kristy's Great Idea by Ann M. Martin and Raina Telgemeier\" width=\"150\" height=\"218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/bsc-150x218.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/bsc-207x300.jpg 207w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/bsc.jpg 344w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/mighty.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-4057\" src=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/mighty-150x218.jpg\" alt=\"The Mighty Heart of Sunny St. James by Ashley Herring Blake\" width=\"150\" height=\"218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/mighty-150x218.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/mighty-206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/mighty.jpg 344w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>A Good Kind of Trouble<\/em> by Lisa Moore Ramee (<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3f2HdiR\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9780062836687\">Bookshop<\/a>)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Kristy&#8217;s Great Idea<\/em> by Ann M. Martin and Raina Telgemeier (<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2NURotX\">Amazo<\/a>n | <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9780545813877\">Bookshop<\/a>)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>The Mighty Heart of Sunny St. James<\/em> by Ashley Herring Blake <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2BDJse3\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9780316515535\">Bookshop<\/a>)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/newkid.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-3837\" src=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/newkid-146x220.jpg\" alt=\"New Kid by Jerry Craft\" width=\"146\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/newkid-146x220.jpg 146w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/newkid-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/newkid.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 146px) 100vw, 146px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/only.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-4058\" src=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/only-150x218.jpg\" alt=\"The Only Black Girls in Town by Brandy Colbert\" width=\"150\" height=\"218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/only-150x218.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/only-206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/only.jpg 238w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/president.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-4059\" src=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/president-150x220.jpg\" alt=\"President of the Whole Fifth Grade by Sherri Winston\" width=\"150\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/president-150x220.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/president.jpg 339w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>New Kid<\/em> by Jerry Craft (<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/38wIv3o\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9780062691194\">Bookshop<\/a>)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>The Only Black Girls in Town<\/em> by Brandy Colbert (<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2YZyCYH\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9780316456388\">Bookshop<\/a>)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>President of the Whole Fifth Grade<\/em> by Sherri Winston (<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3dWxyct\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9780316114332\">Bookshop<\/a>)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/realfriends.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2887\" src=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/realfriends-150x217.jpg\" alt=\"Real Friends by Shannon Hale and LeUyen Pham\" width=\"152\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/realfriends-150x217.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/realfriends-207x300.jpg 207w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/realfriends.jpg 239w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 152px) 100vw, 152px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/smile.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-505\" src=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/smile-207x300.jpg\" alt=\"Smile by Raina Telgemeier\" width=\"152\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/smile-207x300.jpg 207w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/smile.jpg 239w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 152px) 100vw, 152px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/stargazing.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-4060\" src=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/stargazing-150x218.jpg\" alt=\"Stargazing by Jen Wang\" width=\"150\" height=\"218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/stargazing-150x218.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/stargazing-206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/stargazing.jpg 238w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Real Friends<\/em> by Shannon Hale &amp; LeUyen Pham (<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2ZxnzVK\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9781626727854\">Bookshop<\/a>)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Smile<\/em> by Raina Telgemeier (<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3f1Fmee\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9780545132060\">Bookshop<\/a>)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Stargazing<\/em> by Jen Wang (<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2ZJD1hM\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9781250183880\">Bookshop<\/a>)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>*\u00a0<em>Worst Bestsellers<\/em>\u00a0<em>is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/b?_encoding=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;node=1000&amp;site-redirect=&amp;tag=worstbests0e-20&amp;linkId=Z2A4ORUYFZJ4UA6Q\">Amazon.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(But no pressure, we\u2019re also happy if you get these items from your local library or independent bookstore.)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s what we suggest instead of\/in addition to reading Mallory and the Trouble With Twins by Ann M. Martin.\u00a0Listen to\u00a0the podcast\u00a0to hear us talk about some of these titles in more depth!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[865,1552,864,1624,1939,850,880,1434,1824,1409,1940,248,48,30,147,1941,1938],"class_list":["post-4052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ra","tag-ann-m-martin","tag-ashley-herring-blake","tag-baby-sitters-club","tag-brandy-colbert","tag-caroline-cala","tag-flashback-summer","tag-jandy-nelson","tag-jen-wang","tag-jerry-craft","tag-leuyen-pham","tag-lisa-moore-ramee","tag-raina-telgemeier","tag-readalikes","tag-readers-advisory","tag-shannon-hale","tag-sherri-winston","tag-svetlana-chmakova"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4052"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4052\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4066,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4052\/revisions\/4066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}