Until Jerry Spinelli, that is. In his new book, " Jake and Lily," the Newbery Medalist (for "Maniac Magee") chronicles with humor and compassion the changing relationship between fraternal twins.

But their bond seems to be weakening as, at age 11, Jake starts spending more time with new friends than with Lily; upset and rejected, Lily has no one to confide in except her ex-hippie grandfather.

I ended up deeply missing the former Netflix dramedy and wishing I saw several things happen in it. Warning Dash & Lily book series and TV show spoilers are ahead. Proceed with caution.

The new series is based on Rachel Cohn and David Levithan's novel "Dash and Lily's Book of Dares." The ending, characters, and dares are different.

How did Netflix's TV ending of Dash and Lily, the Christmastime love story, differ from the book series on which it's based?

When I got my copy of Steven Rowley's " Lily and the Octopus," I knew Lily was a dachshund, but I wondered about the octopus. My beloved dog, Otto, had a yellow rubber octopus that wore a green ...

"Dash and Lily" is the new YA series that has charmed Netflix viewers—but it is based on an equally charming book series.

CNN’s Jake Tapper has been blasted as a “hypocrite” for trying to “rewrite history” and profit off former President Joe Biden’s mental decline with his new bombshell book.

Netflix's "Dash and Lily" is based on a young-adult book, but the ending of the adaptation strayed from the source material.