Double Trouble
By Joanne Levy
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Later, in her garden, she meets Jasmine again, but Jasmine doesn't recognize the filthy, smelly girl as the one she met earlier. In a moment of insecurity, Tori tells Jasmine that the girl she met before was her twin sister, Vicky. Tori is sure she can fake being that girl in the dress—it's only for two weeks.
But then Jasmine announces she's staying with her grandparents for the school year. Tori needs to figure out what to do: come clean and lose her new friend, or live her life as a fake.
Joanne Levy
Joanne Levy is the award-winning author of a number of books for young people, including Double Trouble, Fish Out of Water and The Book of Elsie in the Orca Currents line and the middle-grade novels The Sun Will Come Out, Small Medium At Large and Sorry for Your Loss, which was nominated for the Governor General’s Literary Award and won the Canadian Jewish Literature Award. She lives in Clinton, Ontario.
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Double Trouble - Joanne Levy
Acknowledgments
Chapter One
So what’s on the harvest menu for today?
asked Bubby, my grandmother, from the front seat. We were driving home from synagogue.
I was picking at a scab on my thumb. When I looked up, I saw she was smiling at me.
Tomatoes,
I said. She was asking what was ready for picking in my organic garden. Maybe some lettuce and broccoli.
I hate broccoli. I planted it because she likes it. I hoped she was prepared to eat a lot of it, because it was growing like crazy.
Make sure you take off your dress before you start playing in the dirt,
my dad said. He was looking at me in the rearview mirror. He called it playing in the dirt,
but I knew he was proud that I’d created the garden and tended to it myself.
I looked back down at my lap and smoothed my hands over the shiny green fabric of my dress. I hated it—because I hate all dresses. At least I had been allowed to pick the color of this one when Bubby had taken me shopping after we’d realized I’d outgrown all my fancy synagogue clothes. It reminded me of leaves. Yes, Dad,
I replied. I might have rolled my eyes too.
Your grandmother paid a lot for that outfit. I’d like to see you get some more wear out of it.
Ugh, no thanks. Yes, Dad,
I said. Again.
And you don’t need to be getting it dirty.
"Okay! I get it, Dad!"
Bubby winked and then turned around to face the road. That was a lovely service at synagogue,
she said. Maxa did a great job with her Torah portion.
She really had. I hoped I could do half as well at my bat mitzvah. She’s been practicing for months,
I said.
Just like you will when it’s your turn,
Dad said. He looked at me again in the mirror. Your lessons start in the fall.
Like he needed to remind me. I had been looking forward to it when I was going to be doing bat mitzvah classes with my best friend, Anna. But Anna’s family had suddenly moved away when her mom had gotten a new job. Now I was stuck going to bat mitzvah class by myself. I’d be lucky if I ever got to see Anna again. She’d promised to invite me to her family’s Purim masquerade party, but that was months from now.
This summer had been so lonely. I’d always wished for brothers and sisters, but never so much as this year. At least I had my garden to keep me busy. Someday I was going to be a food scientist and solve the world’s foodshortage problem.
But for now I just grew what I could in our backyard garden. Most of it we ate fresh. Some Bubby preserved in jars for the winter, like pickles and tomatoes.
I used to give some to Anna and her family too. But since she moved, I have been taking extras to our neighbors, like Ms. Simon and her five-year-old twin daughters, Maisey and Daisy. They live across the street. I didn’t know them very well since they’d just moved in at the beginning of the summer. But Ms. Simon seemed nice and had even asked me for some advice on her little herb garden.
I also took some over to the Patels—the old couple who live next door.
Everyone appreciated my veggies, but it isn’t the same as sharing with my bestie. The Patels like broccoli though.
As soon we pulled into the driveway, I jumped out of the car. I couldn’t wait to change my clothes and get to work in the garden. I was partway up the porch stairs when I noticed the Patels’ big burgundy car pulling into their driveway. There was someone in the back seat.
A young girl—about my age—stepped out of the car. She had dark skin like Mr. and Mrs. Patel. Her long black hair was tied back in a high ponytail.
Hello, Mr. and Mrs. Patel,
I called over to them. I figured that was the best way to find out who this girl was.
Mr. Patel smiled and waved. Oh! Hello, Victoria.
Come meet our granddaughter,
Mrs. Patel added, waving me over. She’s here for a visit!
I knew the Patels had grandkids, but they lived so far away that I’d never met them. I walked over, feeling a little bit nervous.
Hello,
I said.
Nice to meet you, Victoria,
the girl said with a big smile. My name is Jasvitha, but my friends call me Jazzy.
Jazzy’s a cool name,
I said, relaxing a bit. She already seemed nice.
We’ll let you girls get to know each other,
Mrs. Patel said as she reached into the trunk and pulled out two shopping bags. Mr. Patel took a large suitcase out of the back seat. But not too long, Jasvitha,