Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    Jake and Lily
    Jake and Lily
    Jake and Lily
    Audiobook5 hours

    Jake and Lily

    Written by Jerry Spinelli

    Narrated by Cassandra Morris and Jesse Bernstein

    4/5

    ()

    Switch to ebook

    About this audiobook

    Beloved Newbery Medalist Jerry Spinelli, author of Maniac Magee and Wringer, addresses issues of identity, belonging, family, and bullying in this humorous and heartfelt novel about twins. 

    Jake and Lily are twins. Despite their slightly different interests and temperaments, they feel exactly the same—like two halves of one person. But the year they turn eleven, everything changes. Their parents announce it’s time for separate bedrooms. Jake starts hanging out with a pack of boys on the block. And Lily is devastated, not to mention angry. Who is she without Jake? And as her brother falls under the influence of the neighborhood bully, he also must ask himself—who is the real Jake?

    This is an often funny, poignant, and profound story of growing up, growing apart, and the difficult process of figuring out who you really are.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateMay 8, 2012
    ISBN9780062132703
    Author

    Jerry Spinelli

    Jerry Spinelli received the Newbery Medal for Maniac Magee and a Newbery Honor for Wringer. His other books include Stargirl; Love, Stargirl; Smiles to Go; Loser; Jake and Lily; Hokey Pokey; and The Warden’s Daughter. His novels are recognized for their humor and poignancy, and his characters and situations are often drawn from his real-life experience as a father of six children. Jerry lives with his wife, Eileen, also a writer, in Wayne, Pennsylvania.

    More audiobooks from Jerry Spinelli

    Related to Jake and Lily

    Related audiobooks

    Children's For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      Totally EMBARRASSING

      Nov 8, 2020

      Totally EMBARRASSING
      2 min read

    • Article

      Totally EMBARRASSING

      Nov 14, 2021

      Totally EMBARRASSING
      2 min read

    • Article

      Extra EMBARRASSING

      Apr 11, 2021

      Once, I was out on a farm and these goats came up behind me and started eating my pants. It was so embarrassing, I thought they were going to chew them off! Worst of all, my crush was there with me! OMTG! Frankie It was school picture day and I aske

      3 min read

    • Article

      SWIFTIE Forever! TAYLOR

      Jan 6, 2022

      SWIFTIE Forever! TAYLOR
      2 min read

    • Article

      Whoa! How Embarrassing!

      Aug 8, 2019

      It was my school’s sports car nival day and I was about to run the r elay race. I was standing at the start line waiting for the race to begin and I was daydr eaming. I thought I hear d the starter so I started sprinting as fast as I could. Suddenly

      3 min read

    • Article

      Whoa! How Embarrassing!

      Oct 3, 2019

      Whoa! How Embarrassing!
      3 min read

    • Article

      It Happened to Me…

      Sep 7, 2023

      It Happened to Me…
      8 min read

    • Article

      It Happened To Me…

      Jan 26, 2023

      It Happened To Me…
      7 min read

    • Article

      It Happened to Me…

      Apr 21, 2022

      It Happened to Me…
      8 min read

    • Article

      A New Normal

      Jul 31, 2017

      WORDS SHANDUKANI MULAUDZI WHEN MY FAMILY MOVED TO PRETORIA I WAS A FIVE-YEAR-OLD GIRL EXCITED FOR AN ADVENTURE.We lived in a small township called Makwarela in the former Bantustan of Venda, now Limpopo. My mother went to Pretoria for a few weeks fir

      3 min read

    • Article

      Pet Rescue!

      Aug 6, 2020

      Pet Rescue!
      4 min read

    • Article

      In The Place Of Our Parents

      Oct 13, 2017

      In The Place Of Our Parents
      11 min read

    • Article

      Little House

      Jun 5, 2023

      On Monday nights our mother made popcorn and served it to us in mugs with milk poured over. My younger sister and I carried our mugs into the family room and ate the popcorn with spoons, like cereal. We were five and seven. Until we were allowed to s

      21 min read

    • Article

      Santa Barbara

      Jan 9, 2020

      Santa Barbara
      3 min read

    • Article

      Saying It In Song

      Dec 23, 2021

      Saying It In Song
      9 min read

    • Article

      A Smelly Story

      Apr 4, 2023

      A Smelly Story
      4 min read

    • Article

      ‘Toni, It’s Mum. There’s Been An Accident’

      Oct 13, 2021

      Edited extract from Lost & Found: My story of heartbreak and hope by Toni Street with Sophie Neville Like many teenage boys, Stephen loved sport and he loved hanging out with his mates. But he was happiest out on the farm with Dad. They were a tight

      11 min read

    • Article

      Songs From Life

      Nov 3, 2021

      More times than I can count, I’ve been asked to write an autobiography, but the time has never been right. Usually I was raising a family or I was on tour, which has never been an ideal situation for long periods of concentration. But the one thing I

      6 min read

    • Article

      HERO DAD ‘I’ll Keep Your Memory ALIVE’

      Aug 23, 2023

      After tucking my doona snugly around me, my dad Brett, then 30, picked up the copy of Dumbo, the Flying Elephant from my bedside table and began to read. ‘The world’s only flying elephant!’ Dad beamed, doing his best impression of the mouse in the st

      3 min read

    • Article

      Faceleessevil

      Mar 16, 2021

      Faceleessevil
      3 min read

    • Article

      Never Let Me go

      Jul 28, 2022

      Never Let Me go
      4 min read

    Related categories

    Reviews for Jake and Lily

    4/5

    69 ratings8 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words

    • 4/5
      Twins Jake and Lily have always been inseperable. They complete each other's thoughts, feel each other's emotions, and will even sleepwalk to the same location on their birthday every year. But then one summer, Jake heads off on his own. And Lily isn't quite sure how she feels about that.

      Jake and Lily is a coming-of-age story. Relatable not just to twins, but also to any reader who finds a friend or sibling "leaving" them for new adventures. And who hasn't experienced that at some point in childhood?
    • 4/5
      Jake and Lily are twins, and all their life they have had a secret connection to each other. They can't play hide and seek, because the always know where each other is hiding. They can answer each others questions before they're asked. Things like that.But after they turn 11, Jake starts wanting to hang out with a little gang of boys in the neighborhood instead of his sister, and their connection begins to fade. Lily still wants Jake to be her best friend forever, but he seems tired of her.They tell their stories in alternating chapters. Lily's focuses on dealing with the loss of her brother. Jake, who has more or less abandoned her, focuses on his fiends - the leader of the gang being a neighborhood bully. Jakes chapters, around the middle section of the book, get a bit uncomfortable to read, because we're following this hateful bully, and Jake seems to be enjoying the meanness.Of course, things all work out well in the end for everyone concerned.Lily I felt a lot of empathy for. Jake, not so much through most of the book. Yes, he redeems himself in the end, but there are a lot of pages in which to dislike him.
    • 4/5
      Jake and Lily were always connected. As twins, they felt what each other was feeling and even sleepwalked together on their birthday each year. When they turned 11 though, things changed as Jake wanted his independence and life with new-found friends. Lily feels ripped in half without her brother, but her grandfather tries to help her find herself while Jake explores the world on his own. He is totally engrossed in the new gang, led by Bump who searches out kids who are different to harass them. As the summer wears on, Jake gets to know one nerd who just seems to be able to not let anything get him down, until Jake lets him down, and Jake needs to make a decision. This book will resonate with anyone who has a close sibling or friend, and doesn't understand when things change. Good for a book discussion for grades 4-6.
    • 4/5
      I've liked every book by Jerry Spinelli that I have read. This story is told in two voices. The twins, Jake and Lily, share alternate chapters to tell their story. The two voices do not really sound different to me but the characters are well drawn, 10 years old and growing.
    • 5/5
      I could see it coming. I could see his goo-goo eyes every time we saw the Bumpsters riding around. I figured sooner or later Jake would join them. Just thinking about it made me mad. mad enough to decide that when it finally happened, I would just spit, burp, and call "Good riddance! Who needs ya? Who cares?"What does she want? Does she want me to spend my whole life with nobody but her? Oh look, there's Jake and Lily, They're seventy-nine years old and they still play poker and ride bikes together. They still hear each other five miles away. Still sleep in the same bedroom. You can't tear them apart. Aren't they adorable. Twinny twin twins.
    • 4/5
      A wonderful story about twins growing up and growing apart as only the brilliant Jerry Spinelli can do it.
    • 3/5
      Twins Jake and Lily have are connected with each other in a deeper way than with anyone else in the world. But when Jake starts hanging out with boys in the neighborhood instead of spending time with Lily, that connection begins to break and Lily becomes lost and confused.Told in alternate journal entries by Jake and Lily, the book is evenly paced. Though Spinelli's straightforward storytelling may seem a little basic at times, it cuts right to the core of the feelings and issues Lily and Jake deal with-- their changing relationship, peer pressure, teasing, and finding themselves. This incredibly realistic story may not particularly engage readers the same way as some of Spinelli's earlier work, like "Maniac McGee" or "Who Put That Hair on my Toothbrush?", but readers nonetheless care deeply for Jake and Lily and want things to work out in their favor. This book is recommended for late elementary and middle school students, but if book budgets are tight, Jake and Lily could be skipped.
    • 5/5


      Jake and Lily by Jerry SpinelliSummary:   Jake and Lily are not just brother and sister - they are twins. They have always been there for each other and shared a special bond until one day Jake decides he wants to be his own person.  What's a twin to do?What I liked about the book:  Last year my school had 17 sets of twins.  This upcoming school year we will have just as many, maybe more. So I've been on a search for twin stories to add to our collection.  You can always count on Spinelli for  a good read.  He paints a humorous story about the challenges siblings (and especially twins) face.  Young readers will enjoy Lily's adventures and will sympathize with Jake's wish to have his own identity while understanding Lily's sense of betrayal when Jake wants to find his own friends.  The chapters alternate between Lily and Jake, allowing them to present their own versions of the story.  This would be a great read aloud - perhaps even for students to use in a readers' theater.What I didn't like about the book:  This was a great read. I'll be honest - there is one character that I didn't like - Bump Stubbins - but we are not supposed to like him.  Overall, this is a great addition to any classroom or school library.