Double Trouble Squared: A Starbuck Family Adventure, Book One

By Kathryn Lasky

Book Overview

[shared copy] The Starbuck family is anything but ordinary. There are two sets of Starbuck twins: preteens Liberty and July, and their little sisters Charly and Molly. But even more extraordinary is... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0152241272
• ISBN13: 9780152241278
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Harcourt Brace and Company
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.6" x 8.2"
• Age Range: 7 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Grades 2 to 5

Customer Reviews

Telepathic Twins

This is a children's book that would appeal to 3rd-5th Graders. Soon after twins July and Liberty (born on the 4th of July) find out thier father, Putnam Starbuck, had quit his job at the CIA, they find out they are going to live in London. Their mother, Madeline Starbuck, cannot leave her job as the largest manufacturer of tutus in the United States. Because of this, their occasional babysitter, Zanny, also a schoolteacher volunteers to go along as the nanny. July and Liberty along with their sisters, Charly and Molly, also twins, have many adventures in London. This book also explores communication between twins. I think all young twins would enjoy this book as well as 3rd to 5th graders.

Mystery To The Max

This book is soooo good I love it I just got not even a year ago and Ive read it ten times thats good. I cant put it down

Well Done--A Great Mystery/Thriller!

With the first book in her Starbuck Family Adventure Series, Kathryn Lasky will enchant you with chilling mystery, laugh-out-loud humor,and a setting of anyone's dreams.Zany characters, an unpublished work, a crack in the cieling, and many more small aspects make up this story of courage,mystery,and even some Sherlock....

A Book to Be Read Over and Over Again

I am into Double Trouble Squared for the 3rd time and still love it. I recommend this book for anyone interested in Sherlock Holmes, twins (twinology) or if you just want to read a great book. Liberty and July are so life-like, and if you know twins, like me, you will notice the similarities! READ THIS BOOK--interesting for all ages.

A wonderful, action-packed mystery and adventure book!

When their father quits his job and goes on an environmental strike, the older Starbuck set of telepathic twins, girl Liberty, and boy July (the month), are greatly embarrassed. When their father brings his environmental stuff to a school assembly, July, Liberty, and their mother help convince him to take a job under the ambassador in England. Liberty and July, Charly and Molly the five year old twins, Dad, and Zanny the Nanny, move to England. Mom has to stay with her job. Zanny decides to be their teacher, and no more school! Upon arriving, the twins meet up with an evil man who keeps quoting from Sherlock Holmes novels. Soon, an interupting voice keeps breaking into their telepathic conversations. And, the house where they are living keeps revealing secrets from Sherlock Holmes novels. When the twins find a secret room, they start reading from an old manuscript, and . . . read this book for the rest!