Author: Megan Shull
Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books
Published: August 26, 2014
ELLIE
spent the summer before seventh grade getting dropped by her best
friend since forever. JACK spent it training in “The Cage” with his
tough-as-nails brothers and hard-to-please dad. By the time middle
school starts, they’re both ready for a change. And just as Jack’s
thinking girls have it so easy, Ellie’s wishing she could be anyone but
herself.
Then, BAM! They swap lives—and bodies!
Now Jack’s
fending off mean girls at sleepover parties while Ellie’s reigning as
the Prince of Thatcher Middle School. As their crazy weekend races
on—and their feelings for each other grow—Ellie and Jack begin to
realize that maybe the best way to learn how to be yourself is to spend a
little time being someone else.
This type of book are the ones you will hardly put down. All you wanted is to read until you reach THE END yet, when you did you’ll probably ask for more. The cover of the book is also catchy and so with the title. I got curious the first time I saw it. I suddenly remember Every Day at this book. Living in somebody else’s body? well have you imagined now how this one looks? I think people who will read this will enjoy everything.
This is such an easy read but fantastic book that you will fall in love with.
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Megan Shull’s new novel, The Swap, is available NOW from HarperCollins.
THE SWAP
“A
beautiful feat of swapped voices. Hilarious! Seriously, truly,
fearlessly funny. And I don’t want guys to miss it.” —Jon Scieszka, the
first National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, founder of the
Guys Read literacy initiative, and NY Times Bestselling author of The
Stinky Cheese Man
“The book is heartbreaking and
hilarious—truly evocative of middle school experiences. A great,
entertaining read that will appeal to boys and girls. A highly
recommended purchase.”—School Library Journal
“Bravo, Megan
Shull! Hilarious and yet surprisingly touching at the same time, The
Swap gives us a microscopically close insider’s view at the differences
(and similarities) between the lives of boys and girls. I don’t know how
Megan did it, but I’m really glad she did!” —Meg Cabot, author of The
Princess Diaries and Allie Finkle’s Rules for Girls
“Funny,
honest and touching, The Swap is the perfect book for tweens ready to
learn what’s going on inside the minds (and bodies) of the opposite
gender. Jack and Ellie are such wonderful characters and those
brothers-wow!” —Frances O’Rourk Dowell, New York Times bestselling
author of Dovey Coe and The Secret Language of Girls
“The
internal lives of both boy and girl come across as both authentic and
heartwarming… Readers curious about how the other half lives will thrill
at this view from the far side of the fence.” —Kirkus Reviews
Autumn 2014 Kids’ Indie Next List selection—”Inspired Recommendations for Kids from Indie Booksellers”
2015 Bank Street Center for Children’s Literature Best Children’s Books of the Year List
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Source: Goodreads