Double Date is the first of Rosamond du Jardin's 4 book Pam & Penny Series. Quiet, sensitive Penny Howard has always tried to be as much like her vivacious twin Pam as Pam wished- wearing the same clothes, and letting Pam arrange dates and choose their activities. But as the girls start their senior year at a new high school, in a new town, Penny resolves to no longer be a carbon copy of Pam.. To her surprise, she finds herself quietly cheered on by their mother, and their grandmother, and most happily for Penny, by Mike Bradley, the boy she was afraid Pam had chosen for herself. The Pam & Penny Howard Series. Pam and Penny are identical twins with contrasting personalities? Pam is outgoing and popular while Pam is quiet and reserved. Each are lovely with dark hair and grey eyes. At the onset of the series, the twins have just moved from Chicago to Glenhurst, Illinois. They live with their mother, Celia, who owns an interior decorating business. Their grandmother, Gran, also lives with the twins and their mother? their father is no longer living. Each woman is strong and independent in their individual ways.