Two Naomis by Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich and Audrey Vernick

2018-2019 Maud Hart Lovelace Reading List

Genre:  Realistic Fiction

Grade Level: 4th-6^th

Reading Level: 4.3 (7 points) 208 pages

Publisher: Balzer + Bray (September 13, 2016)

My Rating: 3 out of 4

Readability: Easy to read story about modern preteen girls.

MHL Division: Division 1 

Summary: 
Other than their first names, Naomi Marie and Naomi Edith are sure they have nothing in common, and they wouldn't mind keeping it that way, until their divorced parents begin to date.

Naomi and Naomi have the same names and are the same ages and now their parents are dating! Neither one of them are excited about becoming best friends but their parents enroll them in a tech class to foster a new friendship. It doesn’t go so well and each one of them have reservations of their families becoming blended one.  There is also the added twist in that one Naomi is African American and the other one is white, yet this is not the main theme of book.

This is a good book and perfectly good book to recommend to girls.  I did not leave this book thinking that it was the best read or really inspired. However, I think this will fit the bill for many students.