Could you make it on the streets as a runaway? Sam is a rich kid about to enter prep school. Derek is a scam artist and a teenaged runaway on the streets. When Sam and Derek meet, they can't believe their eyes--their practically twins! The two decide to change places. Derek has to struggle with grades, teachers, and snotty classmates. Sam has to deal with gamblers, schemers, and crooks. Both boys are totally out of place and out of control. But it's enough adventure to last two lifetimes! .
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New York Times best selling author Michael Levin is an Amherst College graduate, Columbia Law School-trained attorney, and non-practicing member of the Massachusetts Bar, whose publishing career includes six novels, eleven works of nonfiction, dozens of ghostwritten books, a commissioned screenplay and the script for a DVD series.
The author of eight national bestsellers, three novels published by Simon & Schuster and two novels published by Putnam/Berkley, Michael's book Making Jack Falcone, with FBI agent Joaquin Garcia, appeared on 60 Minutes and was optioned by Paramount and producer Steven Soderbergh (Traffic, Erin Brockovitch, Ocean's 11, Sex, Lies & Videotape). His work has also been optioned by Disney (and made into the ABC Sunday Night Movie of the Week Model Behavior), and HBO.
Michael's recent books include the following:
2010
RULES OF ENGAGEMENT, with Chad Hennings, 3-time Super Bowl winner with the Dallas Cowboys and a fighter pilot in the first Gulf War, who flew 45 humanitarian missions to the Kurds, published in January, 2010 by FaithWorks. This book reached best seller status on amazon.com within days of its publication.
GIANTS, with Pat Summerall, to be published in September, 2010 by Wiley, detailing Summerall's experiences when he was coached by Tom Landry and Vince Lombardi in the same 1958 season with the New York Giants.
2009
WHERE'S MY FIFTEEN MINUTES? HOW TO WIN FRIENDS AND INFLUENCE PEOPLE IN THE MEDIA AGE, with famed Hollywood publicist Howard Bragman, published in 2009 by Penguin/Portfolio Books. Howard Bragman has represented everyone in Hollywood from Sinatra to Madonna and is a frequent guest on Larry King Live, CNN, and throughout the media. The book reached #10 on the national Barnes&Nobel.com best sellers list.
GHOSTWRITTEN NOVEL FOR PRIVATE CLIENT. This book, written by Michael, reached number two on the Barnes and Nobel.com best seller list (number one was a book by President Obama!) and was optioned as a series by HBO.
THE STICKING POINT, with Jay Abraham, America's leading marketing guru, published in 2009 by Vanguard Books; the book reached number 2 on amazon.com business best seller lists.
2008
MAKING JACK FALCONE with Joaquin Garcia, the true story of the FBI agent who infiltrated the Mafia and took down the top 32 members of the Gambino crime family, published by Simon and Schuster/Touchstone in 2008. This book was optioned in 2007 by Paramount for Steven Soderbergh, director of Traffic, Erin Brockovich and Ocean's 11. It was featured on 60 Minutes in October, 2008 and is a New York Times bestseller.
2007
DROPPING THE BALL with Hall-of-Fame baseball player Dave Winfield, published with Scribner in March, 2007, currently in its second printing, and reached number 2 on the Los Angeles Times nonfiction best seller list. The New York Times called it "unusually thoughtful;" the Boston Globe called it "eloquent," and it was noted as "recommended reading" in Esquire Magazine.
NO ORDINARY LOVE, with NBA star Doug Christie and his wife Jackie Christie.
Michael's books have received outstanding reviews in The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the New Yorker, Esquire, Newsweek, People Magazine, the Washington Post, the San Francisco Examiner, Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, and Booklist, and other publications from coast to coast. He also consults to a broad variety of authors, ranging from international bestsellers to individuals seeking to become published authors.
He takes great pride in the skills and experience of his capable team of writers.
The author of eight national bestsellers, three novels published by Simon & Schuster and two novels published by Putnam/Berkley, Michael's book Making Jack Falcone, with FBI agent Joaquin Garcia, appeared on 60 Minutes and was optioned by Paramount and producer Steven Soderbergh (Traffic, Erin Brockovitch, Ocean's 11, Sex, Lies & Videotape). His work has also been optioned by Disney (and made into the ABC Sunday Night Movie of the Week Model Behavior), and HBO.
Michael's recent books include the following:
2010
RULES OF ENGAGEMENT, with Chad Hennings, 3-time Super Bowl winner with the Dallas Cowboys and a fighter pilot in the first Gulf War, who flew 45 humanitarian missions to the Kurds, published in January, 2010 by FaithWorks. This book reached best seller status on amazon.com within days of its publication.
GIANTS, with Pat Summerall, to be published in September, 2010 by Wiley, detailing Summerall's experiences when he was coached by Tom Landry and Vince Lombardi in the same 1958 season with the New York Giants.
2009
WHERE'S MY FIFTEEN MINUTES? HOW TO WIN FRIENDS AND INFLUENCE PEOPLE IN THE MEDIA AGE, with famed Hollywood publicist Howard Bragman, published in 2009 by Penguin/Portfolio Books. Howard Bragman has represented everyone in Hollywood from Sinatra to Madonna and is a frequent guest on Larry King Live, CNN, and throughout the media. The book reached #10 on the national Barnes&Nobel.com best sellers list.
GHOSTWRITTEN NOVEL FOR PRIVATE CLIENT. This book, written by Michael, reached number two on the Barnes and Nobel.com best seller list (number one was a book by President Obama!) and was optioned as a series by HBO.
THE STICKING POINT, with Jay Abraham, America's leading marketing guru, published in 2009 by Vanguard Books; the book reached number 2 on amazon.com business best seller lists.
2008
MAKING JACK FALCONE with Joaquin Garcia, the true story of the FBI agent who infiltrated the Mafia and took down the top 32 members of the Gambino crime family, published by Simon and Schuster/Touchstone in 2008. This book was optioned in 2007 by Paramount for Steven Soderbergh, director of Traffic, Erin Brockovich and Ocean's 11. It was featured on 60 Minutes in October, 2008 and is a New York Times bestseller.
2007
DROPPING THE BALL with Hall-of-Fame baseball player Dave Winfield, published with Scribner in March, 2007, currently in its second printing, and reached number 2 on the Los Angeles Times nonfiction best seller list. The New York Times called it "unusually thoughtful;" the Boston Globe called it "eloquent," and it was noted as "recommended reading" in Esquire Magazine.
NO ORDINARY LOVE, with NBA star Doug Christie and his wife Jackie Christie.
Michael's books have received outstanding reviews in The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the New Yorker, Esquire, Newsweek, People Magazine, the Washington Post, the San Francisco Examiner, Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, and Booklist, and other publications from coast to coast. He also consults to a broad variety of authors, ranging from international bestsellers to individuals seeking to become published authors.
He takes great pride in the skills and experience of his capable team of writers.
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This review is from: Sam and Derek, Derek and Sam (Paperback)
Well to be honest, I picked up this book off the shelf and thought, "Hey, another one of those books Michael Levin wrote. Needless to say, if you have read Janine and Alex, Alex and Janine it is not as good. It is from a girls point of view I am saying this though. The book is about Derek, a runaway and Sam, a prepschool guy that meet and decide to trade places. The story takes many twists and turns and keeps you involved. I thought it was okay. I would recommend it if you like teen novels.
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Sam and Derek,Derek and Sam,
A Kid's Review
This review is from: Sam and Derek, Derek and Sam (Paperback)
I recommend this book for people to read because I thought it was a great book to read. I liked reading this book because of the interesting things that happened. This book was about two boys named Derek and Sam, who meet each other at a bus station in New York City. The thing that was the most exciting was that both boys looked exaclty alike and they have never met each other in the whole entire life. They thought it would be fun to switch lives. Sam was going to get on a bus to get to his new prep school and Derek was getting on a bus to go to Las Vegas. Both boys switched bus tickets and were off to their new lives for now on.I liked reading this book because it was fun to read. It was interesting to read because I found some funny things in it. My favorite part of the book was when both boys switched their bus tickets to go live the other ones life. I learned that even though Sam didnt know anything about Derek's life or Derek not knowing anything about Sam's life, that they were able to find out how they lived. Sam found out how Derek lived on the road and Derek learned how hard it was for Sam to live his life in prep school. I liked reading this book becasue i found it fun to read.
1.0 out of 5 stars
AGAIN?!?!?!,
A Kid's Review
This review is from: Sam and Derek, Derek and Sam (Paperback)
This is a boys version of Janine and Alex, Alex and Janine. It's the usual Prince And The Pauper thing. It's poorly written and too predictable. (J and A, A and J is too but it's more modern and and interesting.)
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