Frenemies in the Family: Famous Brothers and Sisters Who Butted Heads and Had Each Other's Backs

Kathleen Krull

März 2018 · Penguin Random House Audio · Vorgelesen von Lisa Cordileone

Über dieses Hörbuch

One minute you can't live without them . . . the next minute you don't want them breathing your air! Siblings everywhere will relate to this humorous look at famous brothers and sisters whose important bonds have shaped their accomplishments . . . (mostly) for the better.

They blame you when they get in trouble. They seem like your parents' favorite. They are the only enemy you can't live without. Almost everyone has a juicy story about their siblings--even famous people. Meet those who got along, those who didn't, and everyone in between!

Demi Lovato and her sister

Tennis superstars Serena and Venus Williams

Walt and Roy Disney

Princes William and Harry

Stephen Colbert and his eleven older siblings

Quarterbacks Peyton and Eli Manning

The Jacksons (Michael, Janet, and family)

Reality TV sensations, the Gosselins

Queen Elizabeth I and the queen who history remembers as Bloody Mary

Conjoined twins Chang and Eng Bunker

John Wilkes Booth (the man who assassinated Abraham Lincoln) and his brother Edwin

Vincent and Theo van Gogh

Airplane inventors, the Wright brothers

The Romanovs

The Kennedys

Oh, brother! This could get ugly. . . .

Autoren-Profil

Kathleen Krull is an award-winning author of a number of highly praised nonfiction books for children, including The Boy Who Invented TV and the Lives Of series. She lives in San Diego. For more, visit her on Facebook or at kathleenkrull.com.

Maple Lam is a children's book author and illustrator. She loves creating characters and constructing worlds around them. In her spare time, she loves reading about history. She lives in Los Angeles. For more, visit her at maplelam.com.