Lost and Found

I've been reading this to my 9 year old son (4th grade) at bedtime (we're about 3/4 through) and find that I'm as excited as he is to find out what happens next! My son reads on his own for school, but we still have our special one-on-one time for bedtime stories. He grew out of the Magic Tree House series and I was hoping to find another set of books that my son would enjoy. We read Frindle (loved it), then Lunch Money (good but not favorite), and now Lost and Found! I think Lost and Found just edged out Frindle as my favorite Andrew Clements book!Twins Jay and Ray are a lot of fun to read about, and are well-rounded characters. The parents are maybe a bit 2-dimensional, but they are relatively minor to the story. There's a mix up with their school records when the twins transfer in as new students, 6th graders--the school think there is only one boy name Jay Ray Grayson. Jay convinces his brother to not say anything so that they can alternate going to school as "Jay." Not so much so they can skip school (though they don't mind that), but so they can experience what it would feel like to be on their own, not half of the twins.As for the crushes on girls, it all seems very innocent to me. I haven't read anything inappropriate or something I wouldn't want to read to my son. Ray has a crush on Melissa and thinks she's cute. Jay almost messes things up with Melissa on his day to go to school since he's a bit too awkward and shy to talk to girls, while Ray is much more comfortable talking to girls. Ray feels guilty for lying to the girl he likes, so he tells Melissa about the secret Jay and Ray have. I have no problem with that part of the storyline. Brings back my own memories of 6th grade and having a crush on the boy whose locker was next to mine. ;)

This was a gift for my grandson - he loved it!

Bought this book for my 10 yo Granddaughter for Christmas- she loves this author and has read most of the books

This book is very good I loved to read it.

Very funny and suspicious read! Great for kids ages 9- adult

Not only do we love everything written by Andrew Clements, it has graced our family bookshelf since it was written. When we lost our copy of Lost and Found, we thought it was kind of funny that of all the books, that one had to go missing. Thankfully we were able to replace it. We recommend anything written by Andrew Clements.

I chose this rating because I have read better but it was pretty decent. I would recommend this to any kids.

This was a great book!! I'm a 10 year old girl and I kept wanting to read more chapters at our nightly reading! It will entertain us kids, VERY MUCH!!! Good book! Buy it! It's worth it!! 😊

My son wasn't really an avid reader, but partly my pushing, peer pressure from classmates reading books from a bookathon and the fact that this isn't a very thick book :) made him pick this up.And now he is hooked on to Andrew Clements. I already bought Frindle for him and we just finished reading this book together. He wants more Andrew Clements.A must book for parents who have identical twins to delve into the psyche of twin boys.The prose is very lucid and ideal for 9-10 year olds and yet is racy humorous and very very interesting.The book is about two middle school children who are identical twins who move into a new town and new school with their parents and who are trying to find their own individual identity in a world where they have been always been together in everything. An oversight in their new school gives them the chance to view the world around them individually in a very unique manner and how the twins try and make most of the situation before things go back to "normal" is what this book is about. A must read!!

Another best by andrew clements.i started reading the book and couldnt stop.love reading it. A must for fiction lovers.....!!!!!