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Switching

by Jody Kihara (Goodreads Author)

4.43 of 5 stars 4.43 · rating details · 7 ratings · 6 reviews

Every week or two, Terry wakes up in a different time. She’s been ‘switching’ ― that’s her word for time traveling ― for the past eight months, and she has no recollection of her life before then. She doesn’t know who she is, why she’s time traveling, how to get home, or even when home is.

Then Terry meets some fellow travelers, and finds out she’s not alone, and that ther...more

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Published September 7th 2012 by Star Magnolia Publishing

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Nov 21, 2012 Laura rated it 5 of 5 stars

This is the second book I read by Jody Kihara that I absolutely love. Her first book TheFrankincense Trail blew me away with its exotic historical setting and Switching is contemporary time travel with a twist. Both unique settings. I began to read this book with my daughter, but soon afterwards she picked it up without me and read it non-stop over a weekend. “Mom, I can't put this book down!” was her comment to me when I called her to dinner several times to no avail. I have never seen her so e...more This is the second book I read by Jody Kihara that I absolutely love. Her first book TheFrankincense Trail blew me away with its exotic historical setting and Switching is contemporary time travel with a twist. Both unique settings. I began to read this book with my daughter, but soon afterwards she picked it up without me and read it non-stop over a weekend. “Mom, I can't put this book down!” was her comment to me when I called her to dinner several times to no avail. I have never seen her so engrossed in a YA book before.

For the past nine months, Terry has been waking up in a different time--time travelling or switching as she calls it. It happens randomly, without her control, and the worst part is that she doesn't remember anything about herself or her life before she started switching. She's a teenager who has had to learn to fend for herself, sleeping in shelters and stealing money to survive. Alone, without being able to tell anyone about her predicament because who would believe her? She misses her parents and this pulled at my heartstrings. And then she meets other time travellers like her and an explanation is given about why they time travel and a plausible plan to return home is explored. But there are obstacles that might prevent this from happening.

This book kept me and my daughter guessing throughout. With twists and turns, characters with hidden secrets, and a play on how tricky the mind can be, we didn't know how it would all turn out. My daughter thought the way the story was told was amazing and she said the time travel theory made sense. I thought this aspect was well thought-out and unique as far as time travelling theories.

My daughter also liked Terry's character, admiring her courage and strength. I did too. There is some romance in this novel, and I liked Joshua and Woody's friendship. I wasn't always sure what David's agenda was, and I had hoped to know what happened to him in the end. My daughter, of course, didn't want the book to end.

This was a suspenseful, engaging story that brought tears to my eyes in the end. It left my daughter aching because of the bittersweet ending. I saw how powerful this book was by her reaction. Kihara has a way of pulling you into a character's world and not letting go until the last page. I can't wait to see what she comes up with next!

Note: This book contains a few religious expletives.(less)

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Sep 17, 2012 Leanne B rated it 4 of 5 stars

I love YA but not usually time travel, as any time travel book I'd ever read has involved a female character going back to medieval, victorian, or corset-times (why do they all do that?) However, this book is different from all those! The main character, Terry, is stuck bouncing around in time... but she only travels within a 3-decade span, from 1975 to 2005. Not only that, but she has no idea why this is happening, and can't remember anything before the time travel started 8 months ago. Her sol...more I love YA but not usually time travel, as any time travel book I'd ever read has involved a female character going back to medieval, victorian, or corset-times (why do they all do that?) However, this book is different from all those! The main character, Terry, is stuck bouncing around in time... but she only travels within a 3-decade span, from 1975 to 2005. Not only that, but she has no idea why this is happening, and can't remember anything before the time travel started 8 months ago. Her sole focus is on finding her way home... but she doesn't know WHEN home is, or how to get there! Terry's got a lot working against her... headaches, memory loss, "switching" (that's her word for time traveling) every couple weeks or even every few days, and no way of finding out what's going on. Then finally... she meets another time traveler.
The plot kept me hooked from the get-go, because unlike other YA books, I had absolutely NO idea where this one was going! But I don't want to talk much about the plot because I don't want to give away any spoilers!
Terry is a GREAT character. She is one tough cookie, very wry and sarcastic, and totally relatable. I loved how the main focus of the book wasn't the time travel itself, but Terry's REALITY, which is survival. Imagine if this was happening to you... would your focus really be on the bigger issue of 'what is time travel all about?' or would it be: where to sleep, how to get food, how to stay warm? Terry is of course homeless, and the author really nails how miserable this would be. Terry is hungry all the time, she's learned how to steal (but hates doing it), and is desperately lonely.
I don't want to give away the actual plot, so let me just say... it will keep you turning the pages! A very bittersweet ending, too, which continued to keep the book very 'real'. This is the 'realest' time travel book I ever read; the author even has a plausible explanation for Terry's switching! And there are laugh-out-loud funny parts too... I love, love, LOVED Terry and will re-read this soon.
Oh, and the e-book has some cool extras too... a neat article about how the author "found" her character, and some cool photos too! (less)

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Oct 02, 2012 E.J. rated it 5 of 5 stars

Switching is a gritty, realistic, urban fantasy/sci-fi, and a fascinating exploration of time travel (or ‘switching’ as the main character Terry calls it).

What I like most about the novel is that Kihara gives the reader a scientific explanation for the time travel, and doesn’t just leave it to some mysterious flashing machine. In fact, the switching doesn’t involve any sort of machine, and Terry has no control over it. At any moment, she might be yanked through time to wake up in another year,...more

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Oct 03, 2012 Gayatri rated it 3 of 5 stars

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Okay this is my first time travel book ever read. I actually want to give it a 3.5 stars rating rather than 3 or 4 stars. Don't get me wrong but the ending was a bit something I hadn't expected at ALL! But no spoilers. So the book is totally good. The characters completely believable. I liked Joshua's character more than Terry's. Her behavior was just constantly changing. In all I would recommend this book to those who love time travel books because it's got all the components (drama, mystery, r...more

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Apr 18, 2013 Lexxie (un)Conventional Bookviews rated it 5 of 5 stars

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*I got a free ARC of this book because I'm participating in a blogtour on June 4th 2013 at my own blog (un)Conventional Bookviews via Lightning Book Promotions.

My review will be posted in full on June 4th only - but I can already say that this is one of the books that deserves 6 stars just to show my full appreciation of it compared to other books I've loved so much I've given them 5 stars.

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Mar 02, 2013 D.R. Mayes rated it 5 of 5 stars

Time Travel in a wonderful new light. Amazing characters kept me intrigued with this book till the end. Thanks Jody for a great Novel!!

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