Switch, A.S. King
Switch, A.S. King
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Switch

Author: A.S. King

Narrator: A.S. King

Unabridged: 5 hr 58 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/11/2021

Synopsis

A surreal and timely novel about the effects of isolation and what it means to be connected to the world from the Printz Award-winning author of Dig.

Time has stopped. It's been June 23, 2020 for nearly a year as far as anyone can tell. Frantic adults demand teenagers focus on finding practical solutions to the worldwide crisis. Not everyone is on board though. Javelin-throwing prodigy Truda Becker is pretty sure her "Solution Time" class won't solve the world's problems, but she does have a few ideas what might. Truda lives in a house with a switch that no one ever touches, a switch her father protects every day by nailing it into hundreds of progressively larger boxes. But Truda's got a crow bar, and one way or another, she's going to see what happens when she flips the switch.

About The Author

A.S. King is the award-winning author of many acclaimed books for young readers. Her novel Dig won the 2020 Michael L. Printz Award, and Ask The Passengers won the 2013 Los Angeles Times Book Prize. The New York Times called her "one of the best YA writers working today." King lives with her family in Pennsylvania, where she returned after living on a farm and teaching adult literacy in Ireland for more than a decade. www.as-king.com

Reviews

Goodreads review by Leah on January 25, 2009

Claire, an average-looking champion swimmer with a crush on an unattainable guy, a best friend who obsesses about her weight, and an unknown father, seems like a normal teenage girl -- except that during electrical storms, she has a tendency to temporarily "switch" bodies with other girls her age. O......more

Goodreads review by Rachel on January 17, 2009

Switch is the story of 15 year old Claire – a dead average girl with the inherited ability to switch bodies with other girls born at the same time she was. The ‘switch’ happens whenever she is touched by a strong electrical current (think lightning storm in the area). She has no control over the pro......more

Goodreads review by Wendy Darling on March 18, 2011

Interesting concept, some funny dialogue, a fun relationship with her best friend Beanie..but other than that, very little happens, there's no tension, and it never feels like anything big is at stake. The book pretty much just ends--spoiler, they just switch back--and that's that. Pretty pointless.......more

Goodreads review by Sara on January 14, 2009

3.5 stars. Claire, a teen girl who temporarily finds herself in someone else's body whenever there's an electrical storm, wakes up in someone else's body one night and can't seem to get back into her own. I liked Claire a lot, and I liked her friends (and acquaintances) from the high school - none w......more

Goodreads review by Geli on May 09, 2012

this is a very interesting story about a girl that can switch bodies with girls who have similar birthdays as herself when there are thunderstorms. its a very nice story about being comfortable in your own skin. it was not a powerful read but a light hearted one and quite sad overall. the message the......more

Quotes

★ "Timely and extraordinary, teen readers will find themselves immersed in this timeless world."—SLJ, starred review

★ "An unsettling but emotionally resonant novel for our own unsettling times."—Bookpage, starred review 

★  “King explores the meaning of time and the toxicity of family secrets. This inventive, surreal novel’s dedication, ‘For the class of 2020,’ makes a direct address to real-life teens’ ‘lost’ COVID-19 year.” —Horn Book, starred review

"A work of literary genius."—Booklist

"Printz Award winner King returns with another surrealist masterpiece."—Kirkus

"Poignant, propulsive, and profound."—Publishers Weekly

A BookPage Best Book of 2021
A Chicago Public Library Best Book of 2021



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