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At Sweet Valley Middle School, identical twins Elizabeth and Jessica Wakefield find themselves on opposite sides of the sixth‑grade president election. Both candidates adopt wildly different platforms, even disagreeing over how to spend the class money. Their intense rivalry escalates as they each try anything to win, risking their bond. The stakes rise when both realize only one can succeed without costing their friendship.
A lively middle‑school story about sibling rivalry, ambition, and the importance of compromise.
First publish date: July 1988
Genre: Children's Fiction/Early Readers
Authors: Jamie Suzanne
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