Twice the Talent (13 page)
Authors: Belle Payton
A server arrived and placed their ice cream orders on the table. Ava reached for her milk shake.
“How about a talent for drinking milk shakes really fast?” Ava asked.
Alex laughed as her sister slurped down her milk shake. Then she took a long, slow sip of her own.
ALEX AND AVA?
Don't miss the next book in the
It Takes Two
series:
Belle Payton isn't a twin herself,
but she does have twin brothers! She spent much of her childhood in the bleachers readingâer, cheering them onâat their football games. Though she left the South long ago to become a children's book editor in New York City, Belle still drinks approximately a gallon of sweet tea a week and loves treating her friends to her famous homemade mac-and-cheese. Belle is the author of many books for children and tweens, and is currently having a blast writing two sides to each It Takes Two story.
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ISBN 978-1-4814-5264-9 (hc)
ISBN 978-1-4814-5263-2 (pbk)
ISBN 978-1-4814-5265-6 (eBook)
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 2015938113