2 sided booklet

Goodday all!
I have been given a task (for my school's newspaper) to create a double sided booklet. It is 40 pages long in total. And it needs to be half the book at the frotn, then flip it and then the other part of the book at the back. Hope this makes sense! Will have different covers back and front ( one side will appear upside down till it is flipped?
I already have 2 indesign files. 1 is the newspaper of the lower grades (1, 2 and 3) and the other one the newspaper of the higher grades.
What do you suggest. Is it possibe?
Thanks in advance!

CS3 will let you place InDesign files directly. In Booklet 2 add a Master Page with just a graphic frame on it. Rotate the frame 180°. The Frame should fill the page, with bleed if necessary. Add 20 pages using that Master Page at the back of Booklet 2. Go to page 40 and Place Booklet 1, turning of Show Import Option (or just hold Shift when you click OK). Import all pages, and click OK. Now just click once one each page, from 40 down to 21.

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