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Freaky Friday (Andrews Family #1)

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Annabel thinks her mom has the best life. If she were a grown-up, she could do whatever she wanted Then one morning she wakes up to find she's turned into her mother . . . and she soon discovers it's not as easy as it looks

Disney brings this popular and funny favorite to the silver screen in a new, totally modern story, starring Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan.

154 pages

Published (first published January 1st 1972)

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Apr 22, 2011 Karin rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: funny, young-adult-fiction, body-swapping, books-for-girls, chick-lit, fantasy, mother-daughter-relationships, families, books-made-into-movies, borrowed-from-the-library

I’d seen the movies before, but had never read the book on which they were based. It’s hysterical. After a terrible fight with her mother, Annabel Andrews wakes up one morning and realizes that they’ve switched bodies! Actually, she can’t tell if her mom’s in her body because her body is still totally acting like her, so she figures her mom is off somewhere else enjoying someone else’s body. Annabel’s excited to be her mom, until all sorts of things start going wrong, until her brother Ape Face...more

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Jan 30, 2011 Alyssa Archambo rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: young-adult, fantasy, humor

I am sad that I never realized the movies were based on a book, because had I not watched the movies beforehand, I think I would have liked this book more. Yes, this is one of those rare books where I like the movies better than the book. For one thing, in the book the switch is caused by the mother, and only Anna learns a lesson. I thought this was completely unfair, because a lot of times adults forget what it's like to be a kid and they don't realize what kids have to go through. I love how t...more

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Dec 02, 2009 Samantha (Harlequin Twilight's Book Blog) rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I don’t know about anyone else, but whenever I hear the words Freaky and Friday, I automatically think back to Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis circa 2003. But this is a different Freaky Friday, the original, the better of the two in my opinion (I know there was another movie version in the 70s, but I’ve not seen it in years, and don’t remember much about it besides Jodie Foster). This is the story of Annabel and Ellen Andrews, and Annabel needing to learn her lesson.

I will tell you now, don’t...more I don’t know about anyone else, but whenever I hear the words Freaky and Friday, I automatically think back to Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis circa 2003. But this is a different Freaky Friday, the original, the better of the two in my opinion (I know there was another movie version in the 70s, but I’ve not seen it in years, and don’t remember much about it besides Jodie Foster). This is the story of Annabel and Ellen Andrews, and Annabel needing to learn her lesson.

I will tell you now, don’t expect the same exact story as the movie that you’ve probably seen at some point in your life; expect the same premise, but a better story. Annabel is the stereotypical 13 year old girl she’s loud, bossy and negative, hates her family and teachers, but loves her friends and annoying her brother. Annabel is a highly amusing narrator and she sees things like most kids do, i.e. better than adults give them credit for.

Annabel wakes up as her mother, gets dressed, fixes breakfast, sends Ben, aka Ape Face, and Annabel off to school, and then goes through her day in her mother’s body. Dealing with all kinds of issues throughout the day, from the neighbor boy saying he loves her, losing both the kids, the police thinking she’s crazy, and husband’s unexpected clients as guests, she handles it well…at first. Not only does she have a wild ride, dealing with things her mother normally would have to deal with she also has a school meeting to attend…about herself. She finds things that she probably needed to hear, but things that hurt to hear, and that’s where the lesson really starts to set in.

The majority of the story is told from Annabel’s perspective, while she is in her mother’s body and that actually helps the humor even more, take this little gem for instance: “Well in case you’re interested, a mouthful of heart is something like a mouthful of captured frog, and a mind in turmoil simply means all the blood un your body rushes around in your head, leaving you icy cold from the neck down. As for “butterflies in the stomach,” there is no such thing. They are June bugs.” You’ll have to read the book to find out the context there, but there are plenty more humorous moments between the 175 pages that make up this book.

This is a quick read, but one I definitely recommend. It’s funny and somewhat realistic, not in the whole switching bodies with your mother aspect, but in the way this family interacts with one another. I know that despite the length and the material that make up this adorable story, even I learned something about myself and I think everyone could take something away from this book, kids and parents alike. The whole 1972 copyright may throw some people off, but don’t let it; it’s a story that is still relevant today and probably will continue to be for as long as there are 13 year old girls with mothers and little brothers especially.(less)

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Jul 05, 2009 Jennifer Wardrip rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Reviewed by Samantha Clanton, aka "Harlequin Twilight" for TeensReadToo.com

I don't know about anyone else, but whenever I hear the words Freaky and Friday, I automatically think back to Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis circa 2003. But this is a different FREAKY FRIDAY, the original, the better of the two in my opinion (I know there was another movie version in the 70s, but I've not seen it in years, and don't remember much about it besides Jodie Foster). This is the story of Annabel and Ellen...more Reviewed by Samantha Clanton, aka "Harlequin Twilight" for TeensReadToo.com

I don't know about anyone else, but whenever I hear the words Freaky and Friday, I automatically think back to Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis circa 2003. But this is a different FREAKY FRIDAY, the original, the better of the two in my opinion (I know there was another movie version in the 70s, but I've not seen it in years, and don't remember much about it besides Jodie Foster). This is the story of Annabel and Ellen Andrews, and Annabel needing to learn her lesson.

I will tell you now, don't expect the same exact story as the movie that you've probably seen at some point in your life; expect the same premise, but a better story. Annabel is the stereotypical 13-year-old girl: she's loud, bossy, and negative, hates her family and teachers, but loves her friends and annoying her brother. Annabel is a highly amusing narrator and she sees things like most kids do, i.e. better than adults give them credit for.

Annabel wakes up as her mother, gets dressed, fixes breakfast, sends Ben, aka Ape Face, and Annabel off to school, and then goes through her day in her mother's body. Dealing with all kinds of issues throughout the day, from the neighbor boy saying he loves her, losing both the kids, the police thinking she's crazy, and her husband's unexpected clients as guests, she handles it well...at first.

Not only does she have a wild ride, dealing with things her mother normally would have to deal with, she also has a school meeting to attend...about herself. She finds out things that she probably needed to hear, but things that hurt to hear, and that's where the lesson really starts to set in.

The majority of the story is told from Annabel's perspective, while she is in her mother's body, and that actually helps the humor even more. Take this little gem for instance: "Well, in case you're interested, a mouthful of heart is something like a mouthful of captured frog, and a mind in turmoil simply means all the blood in your body rushes around in your head, leaving you icy cold from the neck down. As for 'butterflies in the stomach,' there is no such thing. They are June bugs." You'll have to read the book to find out the context here, but there are plenty more humorous moments between the 175 pages that make up this book.

This is a quick read, but one I definitely recommend. It's funny and somewhat realistic, not in the whole switching bodies with your mother aspect, but in the way this family interacts with one another. I know that despite the length and the material that make up this adorable story, even I learned something about myself and I think everyone could take something away from this book, kids and parents alike.

The whole 1972 copyright may throw some people off, but don't let it; it's a story that is still relevant today and probably will continue to be for as long as there are 13-year-old girls with mothers and little brothers especially.

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Apr 20, 2009 4Reshay|Fashion Inc.| rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

A rebellious and disorganized teenage girl who believes that adults have it easy but quickly finds out other wise when she is faced with real adult responsibilities. Her name is Annabel Andrews. I really enjoyed reading this book. Freaky Friday! I liked the action, theme, and the point of views in this book.

Annabel Andrews is tired of her mother telling her on what to do. She's tired of being told to do her homework, clean up her room, and be nice to her little brother, Ape Face. She thinks if s...more A rebellious and disorganized teenage girl who believes that adults have it easy but quickly finds out other wise when she is faced with real adult responsibilities. Her name is Annabel Andrews. I really enjoyed reading this book. Freaky Friday! I liked the action, theme, and the point of views in this book.

Annabel Andrews is tired of her mother telling her on what to do. She's tired of being told to do her homework, clean up her room, and be nice to her little brother, Ape Face. She thinks if she were an adult, she could do anything she wanted, like watch TV all day and eat marshmallows for breakfast. The action really gets started when .Annabel and her Mom, Ellen get into a fight about how strict her mother is on Thursday. They went to bed that night still mad at each other. But on Friday morning she woke up and found out she had turned into her Mom. Her legs touched the end of her mom¹s bed, and her hair was filled with rollers. “This is not my body…”

Due to Annabel and her mother switching bodies. “O my god” “You’re in my body and I’m in yours”. Annabel gets to be the adult and she has to take on the adult responsibilities that she thinks are so easy. She gets to put on make-up on and do whatever she wanted to! While her mother has to go to school, do homework and be a teenager. I like how when they switched places they get to see the situation from each others point of view. Both Annabel and her mother had the chance to see how challenging it were to be a in each others place. Annabel experienced how difficult if was to be an adult washing clothes, cooking dinner, and paying bills. After a major washing machine mishap and a terrible teacher conference, Annabel starts to think that being an adult is not as much fun as it seems. On the other hand Ellen experienced how it was to be a teenager again and how things have changed and became harder since she was a teenager. This incident was a learning experience for both mother and daughter.

I also liked the theme of the story Freaky Friday. The theme is to be happy with who you are and appreciate other people's struggles. You should happy for who you are because you never know how hard somebody else has it in life. Things may seem easy from your view but in theirs it not. You should also appreciate other peoples struggles and be thankful you don’t have to face them struggles daily.

This is a very interesting and funny book. Freaky Friday is an excellent teenage book. If you are just bored one day and want to get a good laugh I recommend you pick up a copy of Freaky Friday because it’s very entertaining. The action, theme, and point of views all make up this great book.
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Jan 11, 2009 Jocey added it · review of another edition

Freaky Friday, by Mary Rodgers is a book about a girl and her mother, who switch places. The main character is Annabel Andrews. She is a thirteen years old. This book takes place mainly at her house and at her school. Annabel’s main external conflict is that she is inside her mother’s body. Her main internal conflict is that she doesn’t know what to do, or how to act.

During my time reading this book I made a text-to-text connection. This book reminded me of the movie Freaky Friday. In the movie...more

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Dec 16, 2012 Kurt Kevin rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: Middle school or lazy readers

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Dec 03, 2012 Andrew rated it 3 of 5 stars

Okay, so the basic outline of this book is generally familiar to anyone who has seen one of the movie versions of this story (there are at least three...the 1976 original staring Jodie Foster, a 1995 made-for-tv movie, and the 2003 Lindsay Lohan version). When a mother and her teenage daughter change bodies for a day, they each come to understand the other better, vastly improving their relationship. And to that extent, the movies are true to the basic story in the book. But the details certainl...more

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Aug 11, 2011 Lisa Rathbun added it

I didn't like this at all. In a way, it was almost didactic - the mother switchies bodies with her daughter to teach her daughter a lesson; daughter realizes how wrong she has been. It was also VERY dated, including a couple slang terms for other races (some expressed by the cleaning lady whom Annabel fires). The humor was way off to me; a phone conversation between the main character and the police was so bad it was excrutiating to read. Also, in my version the cover art shows Lindsay Lohan and...more

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Feb 23, 2013 Amy Brown rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: children-ya, fiction, with-delphine

I read this when I was a kid, and thought it would be fun to read to Delphine. Turns out it's not a great read-aloud book because a lot of it is dialogue.

It was interesting to contrast how I remembered the book to how I perceived it this time. I didn't realize what a brat Annabel was when I read the book before; it came as a great relief to Delphine and I when she had her gradual comeuppance. I totally didn't care about six-year-olds the first time I read this book, so I didn't realize how horri...more

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Jul 15, 2012 Stephen Robb rated it 5 of 5 stars

I read this when I was 13 and after years of being forced to read stuffy books by teachers this was the first book I read in which it felt like the author was chatting with me like a friend. And it was probably the first novel that made me laugh.

And really the book is nothing like the 2 movies (I never saw the TV movie), if you've seen the movies don't expect a novelization. This is much better.

Maybe I'd feel different if I read it again (35 years later), but for then it really influenced the wa...more

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Jan 15, 2012 Charlie Drape rated it 1 of 5 stars

Come on Mary Rodgers? You can do better than this. I do not recommend this book to anyone that is a human being on this here planet earth. A young girl wakes up one morning and she turns into her mother, and the mother turns into the daughter? This is incredibly unrealistic and Charles Drape does not dig unrealistic books. Alright, I might be exaggerating that a little bit, I like unrealistic books that are actually entertaining. This doesn't happen often and it is honestly incredibly sad when i...more

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Oct 25, 2012 Carlos Gutierrez rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Annabel is a young teenager who think her mother's life is way much more easier than her's. She gets no privileges what so ever and when she does she abuses of them. Her mother on the other hand is more of a hard working woman who thinks her daughters life is way much more easier than her's. Then they go to a Chinese restaurant where an old Chinese woman hears them fighting she gives them a fortune cookie that switches them into each others bodies. This books shows how both mothers and daughter...more

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Mar 07, 2011 Nickie rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: childrens, fantasy, humour, relationships, young-adult, favourites

Another one of my favourite books from my school days. I remember reading this around the age of 13 and I was so enthralled in it that I read the entire book in one Saturday. It's a story about a mother and her daughter swapping places so they can see what it's like to be one another. I only felt that Annabel learned any kind of a lesson though.

I've never seen the 1970s version of the movie, but the 90s version with Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsey Lohan was okay. It stuck to the bare bones of the b...more

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Jun 11, 2009 Cindy added it · review of another edition

Shelves: sophmore-08

This book is about how this teenager girl name Anna just wanted to play music with her band, but her mom is always in the way. she hates how she's always interrupting things in her life. One day when they went to a Chinese restaurant, this waiter gave anna and her mom a fortune cookies. the fortune cookies said that they would switch into each identity, and that unfortunately happened. Anna end up in her mom's body and her mom is in anna's body. this had set a big contatrophy because anna mom su...more

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May 11, 2010 Heather rated it 3 of 5 stars

A little while ago, my son expressed a wish -- if only he could be a adult and have all of the grown-up advantages, especially the monetary ones! I immediately thought of this book and its corresponding movies. The first Freaky Friday movie was a favorite of mine when I was younger. So I found this book at the library and gave it to him.

I took a turn reading it and was surprised that it was still quite humorous to me, although a bit dated. Annabelle learns a lot about herself that day. It made m...more

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May 29, 2011 Tracy rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: teen

I remember liking this in my youth, but upon this re-read I have no idea what about it appealed to me then! I don't see that Annabelle learned any lessons about what it's like to be an adult and mother. Her tasks for the day are to go out and buy more scotch and gin, after being reprimanded by her "husband" for having spent the scotch and gin money on clothing for Annabelle. Boris, Annabelle's crush, repeatedly tells the woman he thinks is Mrs. Andrews how ugly her daughter is, and then carries...more

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Jun 15, 2009 Sophia rated it 4 of 5 stars

This is one of the funniest book i ever read, but on the same hand these things will never happened in the real world. Anna who is an outgoing teenager who have many some conflict with her mother. But one day they were in a Chinese restaurant they receive a fortune cookie and that is when they life was never the same. Now Anna is in full grown women body and her mother is in a teenager body. From there characterization was used in this part of the story because eventually they learn to understan...more

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Jan 29, 2013 Michelle rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: young-adult

I have an original 1972 Jody Foster movie tie-in edition of this book and still love the story and both movies---the original and the 2003 remake. In the original movie, the daughter was the star; I have to give the win to Jamie Lee Curtis as the mom over Lindsay Lohan's daughter in the newer version. The Mary Rodgers book holds up fairly well for being 40 years old now, although hopefully women's rights have made progress since Mrs. Andrews had to come up with a business dinner for her male cha...more

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Oct 08, 2012 Amy rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This is a great book that covers the wonderful scenario of a child wishing they were a grown up for a day and some how thinking it was going to be fantastic. I rather enjoy these kinds of stories, not entirely sure why but there is the fact we get to read about a 10 year old or a 13 year old or whatever being in an adult body but still having the intellect and thought process of someone younger. Hilarity ensues.

Freaky Friday doesn't use a child, Annabelle is 15, but she is someone's child which...more This is a great book that covers the wonderful scenario of a child wishing they were a grown up for a day and some how thinking it was going to be fantastic. I rather enjoy these kinds of stories, not entirely sure why but there is the fact we get to read about a 10 year old or a 13 year old or whatever being in an adult body but still having the intellect and thought process of someone younger. Hilarity ensues.

Freaky Friday doesn't use a child, Annabelle is 15, but she is someone's child which is the better focus of the story. Her behaviour is that of a self centred teenager sometimes and she is portrayed well in that respect. Personally the same story would not have worked if she was any younger or older. Being 15 she is old enough and yet not old enough at the same time which only adds to Rogers' storytelling.

I used to read this so much when I was a kid, I never found myself wanting to switch places with my mother but I enjoyed the mystery surrounding it and what it was that caused the switch. We do not get to see the switched Annabelle's side of this story, we just see the results at the end and hear the odd mention as the day progresses.

Adult Annabelle has to deal with the maid, keeping control over the family problems and the issue of missing children. Rogers is very good in writing through the voice of Annabelle as she tries to behave like her mother. You can see she is trying to be responsible while still reverting to age appropriate reactions and slip ups.

Not analysing the short story too much but there is a lot of trust involved here, who knows what Annabelle could have messed up or done, not to mention no one really thought just how weird it could get if your daughter become you and having to deal with all the possibilities your husband might pose.

What I did like about this book as opposed to others in this story is that it was not just a child wanting to be a grown up version of themselves, it was Annabelle envying her mother's life. I think that's what gives it that little bit extra, it wasn't about the child so much as it was about the child and the mother, they are connected. Annabel isn't being selfish she is being jealous.

There are no extreme morals thrown in our faces but you do get a sense by the end that every one has had it tough and you can't just wish things to be better and you should be happy with who you are.

And extended version was published on my blog http://lostinagoodbk.wordpress.com/20...(less)

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Feb 14, 2012 Oky Septya rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: young-adult

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Annabel terbangun di pagi hari dalam tubuh Ibunya. Mengingat betapa cantik Ibunya, Annabel terkena euforia sesaat dan bermain-main dengan make-up dan pakaian indah yang tampak memesona jika dipakai oleh tubuh ibunya. Ia bahkan tidak merasa panik ketika mengetahui Annabel masih tetap Annabel dengan tingkah kasar dan keterlaluannya. Tapi, jika Annabel masih tetap Annabel, sedangkan Annabel berada dalam tubuh Ibunya, lalu dimana jiwa Ibunya...more See my reviews on http://sinopsisuntukmu.blogspot.com/2...

Annabel terbangun di pagi hari dalam tubuh Ibunya. Mengingat betapa cantik Ibunya, Annabel terkena euforia sesaat dan bermain-main dengan make-up dan pakaian indah yang tampak memesona jika dipakai oleh tubuh ibunya. Ia bahkan tidak merasa panik ketika mengetahui Annabel masih tetap Annabel dengan tingkah kasar dan keterlaluannya. Tapi, jika Annabel masih tetap Annabel, sedangkan Annabel berada dalam tubuh Ibunya, lalu dimana jiwa Ibunya berada sekarang?

Well, ia tidak terlalu pusing memikirkannya. Yang Annabel syukuri hanyalah ia tidak perlu masuk kelas Miss McGuirk karena ia sama sekali belum mengerjakan papernya. Dan ia bisa menghabiskan waktu bebas melakukan apapun yang ia mau! Yippie! Tapi sungguh, rupanya berada dalam tubuh Ibunya tidak semudah yang ia bayangkan.

Hari itu berlangsung kacau. Annabel harus menyiapkan sarapan pagi untuk semua orang padahal ia tidak bisa memasak. Ia juga harus mencuci pakaian ayahnya tapi malah merusak mesin cucinya. Dengan impulsif ia memecat Mrs. Schmauss—pembantu rumah tangga mereka—di pagi yang sama. Telat hampir satu jam dalam pertemuan orang tua murid. Dan yang paling parah adalah kehilangan Ben, adiknya yang berusia enam tahun!

Saya hampir lupa punya buku ini. Saya bahkan lupa kapan dan dimana tepatnya saya membeli buku ini. Yang saya ingat buku ini sudah lama sekali berada dalam lemari buku. Berhubung saya suka sekali dengan filmnya, saya pikir kurang lebih ceritanya sama, tapi rupanya jauh berbeda lho. Mary Rodgers menceritakan kisah seru yang jauh lebih lucu dibandingkan filmnya.

Bagi yang sudah pernah nonton film yang dibintangi Lindsay Lohan pasti bisa membedakan ceritanya. Yang berbeda dengan novel ini adalah usia Annabel digambarkan masih kecil, 13 tahun, sedangkan adiknya Ben berusia 6 tahun. Kemudian orang tua Annabel lengkap, masih ada ayah disini. Lalu karakter cowok yang ditaksir Annabel yang bernama Borris berusia 14 tahun dan tinggal di lantai atas apartemen mereka.

Selain perbedaan-perbedaan tersebut, inti ceritanya kurang lebih sama. Setelah bertengkar malam sebelumnya, tubuh mereka tertukar. Kemudian porsi Borris (yang jatuh cinta setengah mati pada Annabel dalam tubuh ibunya) disini jauh lebih banyak dibandingkan versi film. Borris diminta menjadi baby-sitter Ben (Sekaligus menyiapkan jamuan masakan untuk tamu Ayahnya, karena Borris pandai memasak) saat Annabel pergi ke pertemuan orang tua murid.

Hanya saja buku ini bercerita dari PoV Annabel saja. Dan selama 3/4 cerita bergulir, tidak sekalipun Ibunya (dalam tubuh Annabel) muncul. Malah ceritanya Annabel (dengan jiwa ibunya) bolos sekolah lalu menghilang. Jadi Annabel tidak sepenuhnya yakin jiwa mereka tertukar. Melihat betapa normalnya tingkah Annabel pada saat sarapan, ia pikir Annabel masih tetap Annabel, sedangkan jiwa ibunya melayang entah kemana. Tapi semua missing link tadi akan dijelaskan dalam epilog buku ini, tenang saja.

Annabel yang masih kecil benar-benar labil. Yah, maklum saja, dalam usia pre-teen Annabel jadi sering bicara blakblakan dan cenderung impulsif. Ia bahkan membuat para gurunya menangis dalam pertemuan murid dengan komentarnya yang polos dan cerdas. Tapi yang jelas saya menikmati percakapan lucu antara Annabel, Borris, dan para polisi saat ia melaporkan Ben yang menghilang (dengan tuduhan penculikan). Cerita ringan ini selesai dalam sekali duduk, I'd say 3 stars out of 5!~(less)

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Jul 04, 2010 Debra rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This is a book that I first read when I was in Middle School (when I was about 10 year old...) and this has to be the oldest book in my book collection... I have had it since I was about 10 but it was published in 1972 so it is well worn.

A really funny book that I would definately recommend to all those who like a good giggle... I have watched both the movie with Jodie Foster in it and the movie with Jamie Lynn Curtis in it which were both brilliant although my favourite by far is the newer mov...more

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Dec 22, 2010 Cortlyne R rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I gave Freaky Friday a four because it was good but not great. I really can 'trelate a lot to this because my mom didn’t remarry but I can relate to her about her brother because my brother is really annoying. It’s about a girl named Anna and she has a brother who is 8 years old. Anna’s mom got remarried and she doesn’t really like him. One day they go to a Chinese place and they get into a fight and a girl gives them a fortune cookie and something happens.cookie and something happens.

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Jan 04, 2009 Michelle rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: children-s

I admit that this is one of the times when I actually like the movie concepts better. In this account you only really get the experience of Annabel in her mother's body. The mother has nothing to learn and spends the day beautifying her daughter which ultimately changes her. I like that the movies emphasis that it is a struggle for both of them. While somewhat dated (I can really fault the author with that) I did like the snappy dialogue and humorous telling of the story.

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Jan 24, 2009 Margaret rated it 5 of 5 stars Recommends it for: everybody!

Shelves: fantasy

I love this book! It appeals to my oddball humor while actually maintaining a very original plot with twists and contains good character development. Besides the name and premise, it is completely different than and (in my opinion) better than the movie adaptions, though they were entertaining enough. I love the part at the end where she digresses with a bunch of little funny epilogue-like sections. If you don't understand me, well, read it! Heck, read it anyway!

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Jul 05, 2009 Megan rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: ajpl, 2009, fiction, kid

This book really surprised me. It's very far off from the movie, and it has its own brand of original, fast-paced humor. I enjoyed reading it, especially the vibrant voice of the main character, which really comes through in both the internal and external dialogue. Although it is dated, it's quirkily so, with small details that set the time and place easily. I think I would have really loved this book had I read it as a kid, and I will have to keep it in mind for future recommendations.

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Mar 05, 2012 Isabelle rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

i havn't read much of this book, but i'm wondering if annabel's body has annabel's mind, or if her mom's mind is in her body, because annabel's mind is in her mom's body, so i really think that they switched bodies, and her mom is doing a great job to act how annabel acts. even though movies and books are very different, the book is nothing like the movie so far, and i wonder if in the book the dad will find out what's going on because the "mom" isn't acting like herself, because t's annabel's m...more

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Dec 10, 2009 Joando Fernandes rated it 4 of 5 stars

Freaky friday is about how a mother always fights with her daughter about how school and how her live is so hard. So one of days the mother and daughter go eat at a chinese tower and somehow after they eat the food the switch bodys. So now the mother has to go to school and the daughter has to go to work and support her family. Within al this they find out how the other person's life is so much harder and love each even more.

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Dec 21, 2009 Murphy L rated it 3 of 5 stars

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i gave this book 3 stars becuase i saw the movie and usaly with all books when they come out with a movie they are different i probaly shouldnt have seen the movie first. in this book annabel is 13 and her mom always wants her to clean up and do this and do that. She calls her brother ape facw because he is annoying and rude to her. Annabel thinks that when you are an adult you can do what ever you what. When she switches bodies with her mom she soon sees that you cant and you can only do less.

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Dec 01, 2008 Kandice rated it 4 of 5 stars

I loved this book as a kid. I got the audio to listen to on a long car ride with my children, and was so entertained, again! Not only because of the story, but the way it made me feel so old! I now identify with the mom. It's amazing, listening to it, to see how much things have changed for women. The errands-liquor store?!?! Among many other dating references. Still hugely relevant.

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