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Switch
by
Carol Snow (Goodreads Author)
Claire Martin has some serious body issues.
Not much happens in Claire's sleepy beach town, but that's okay. All she wants is to hang out with her best friend, make the high school swim team, and convince Nate, the guy of her dreams, to stop calling her "Dude." And, oh--she'd really, really like to stay in her own skin.
Ever since Claire hit her teens, electrical storms have...more
Not much happens in Claire's sleepy beach town, but that's okay. All she wants is to hang out with her best friend, make the high school swim team, and convince Nate, the guy of her dreams, to stop calling her "Dude." And, oh--she'd really, really like to stay in her own skin.
Ever since Claire hit her teens, electrical storms have...more
Hardcover, 215 pages
Published
September 1st 2008
by Harper Teen
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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 process and always returns to her own body when she falls asleep.
Until Larissa Hughes – size 2, wealthy, teen beauty queen. Claire switches with her and gets stuck. Chaos ensues as Claire finally gets th...more
Until Larissa Hughes – size 2, wealthy, teen beauty queen. Claire switches with her and gets stuck. Chaos ensues as Claire finally gets th...more
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 were perfect or stupid, and all had their flaws, which made them feel real. I liked how Claire discovered Larissa's problems (Larissa being the girl whose body she's stuck in) and how she realized that...more
This takes having an identity crisis to a whole new level. Claire is a body switcher. On electrically charged nights, her soul leaves her body and travels to another. But there’s always her dead grandmother to fill her body for the night until Claire returns the next morning. However, one switching incident leaves her stuck in Larissa’s body with no way of returning to her own. But, does she even want to stop being beautiful and bold like the Larissa that everyone thinks she is?
1. What’s with t...more
1. What’s with t...more
Plot summary: Claire(main character) is a 15 year old girl who inherited the power to switch bodies with other girls her same age. However she cannot stop the switch as it happens when she is touched by an electric current or is present during a storm etc. Basically she finds herself switching bodies with the girl her crush has fallen for! Just when Claire starts to like her new life she realises that switching is also dangerous as she has her Grandmothers example to learn from.
The whole switchi...more
The whole switchi...more
I like the idea of it. Being able to switch bodies is really interesting and what's even more interesting is switching bodies with a smoking hot Barbie doll! But, as Claire discovers, appearances aren't all what they seem. Sometimes people who seem perfect, have a tough life.
What I'm confused about is how Claire can see her Grandmother's spirit but she can't see Larissa's spirit. And why can she see spirits at all? I don't get how seeing spirits ties into switching bodies & electricity. Elec...more
What I'm confused about is how Claire can see her Grandmother's spirit but she can't see Larissa's spirit. And why can she see spirits at all? I don't get how seeing spirits ties into switching bodies & electricity. Elec...more
Mar 17, 2012
Caitlin O
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5 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
teen girls
Switch was a really good book. It is about a strong girl named Claire Martin that was living a normal life, until she hit her teens. Electrical storms were starting to get more common in Sandyland, where she lives, she would "switch bodies." When the switching occurred, it would be automatic and uncontrollable so she had no choice if she wanted to switch or not. She can only switch with girls her age that live near her.
Even though the book didn't start out extremely exciting, I kept reading. I...more
Even though the book didn't start out extremely exciting, I kept reading. I...more
Claire is a fifteen year-old girl with an unusual secret: she switches bodies against her will. Claire hasn't told anyone her secret, except Evelyn, the ghost of her grandmother who has been around since Claire was a baby and who only Claire can see. Usually when Claire switches bodies, it is for a period of only a few hours. Upon sleeping, Claire usually returns to her own body. The switches usually occur during electrical storms. One day, Claire receives a shock from touching a light switch a...more
Claire has been switching bodies with girls ever since her newly teen years. Electrical storms have been making her switch bodies. She usually switches back to her normal self in a few but when she makes a switch with Larissa she is stuck like that. Larissa is a gorgeous yet not so fit diva who has Nate's ( Claire's crush ) attention. When Claire and Larissa switch, they both live two different lives in confusion for awhile and observe each others lives. Claire's past grandmother's soul is guidi...more
Jun 06, 2011
Christy And Danielle
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Claire Martin lives in a small beach town called Sandyland. Claire isn't an ordinary girl but the only person other then herself that knows about her "abnormality" is her grandmother who isn't exactly living.
Claire's grandmother, Evelyn, tells her that it's completely normal. That the "switching" is just something that happens when it storms because it happened with Evelyn as well. Claire switches bodies with other girls her age. Evelyn tells her that she can only switch with girls that were bo...more
Claire's grandmother, Evelyn, tells her that it's completely normal. That the "switching" is just something that happens when it storms because it happened with Evelyn as well. Claire switches bodies with other girls her age. Evelyn tells her that she can only switch with girls that were bo...more
Ok, I've got to admit, I've had this on my shelf for about a year. I was just never that interested, but now I finally read it. What got me reading was the concept. Claire's stuck in another girl's body, but the catch is, she has the attention of her crush now. She can't figure out how to get back, but does it really matter when she might want to stay this way?
I found this book to be so-so. It was fine; it just wasn't an amazing have-to-read-it kind of book. The concept of body switching was coo...more
I found this book to be so-so. It was fine; it just wasn't an amazing have-to-read-it kind of book. The concept of body switching was coo...more
Claire Martin has some serious body issues.
Not much happens in Claire's sleepy beach town, but that's okay. All she wants is to hang out with her best friend, make the high school swim team, and convince Nate, the guy of her dreams, to stop calling her "Dude." And, oh—she'd really, really like to stay in her own skin.
Ever since Claire hit her teens, electrical storms have been making her switch bodies. Usually she's back to her old self in no time. But when something goes terribly wrong, she fin...more
Not much happens in Claire's sleepy beach town, but that's okay. All she wants is to hang out with her best friend, make the high school swim team, and convince Nate, the guy of her dreams, to stop calling her "Dude." And, oh—she'd really, really like to stay in her own skin.
Ever since Claire hit her teens, electrical storms have been making her switch bodies. Usually she's back to her old self in no time. But when something goes terribly wrong, she fin...more
Have you ever felt trapped within your body? Like you just wished you could escape for a little while...be someone else for a change?
That's not what Claire thinks. Everytime there's a big storm, Claire grimly waits for that fateful bolt of lightning that will make her loose soul leave her body and switch her into someone else's body. Meanwhile, her grandmother's soul usually takes Claire's body so that Claire can rest assured that her body is in the care of someone she knows.
Usually, Claire can'...more
That's not what Claire thinks. Everytime there's a big storm, Claire grimly waits for that fateful bolt of lightning that will make her loose soul leave her body and switch her into someone else's body. Meanwhile, her grandmother's soul usually takes Claire's body so that Claire can rest assured that her body is in the care of someone she knows.
Usually, Claire can'...more
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. Oh, and she regularly converses with her dead grandmother, who had the same problem (and who may or may not have died as a result of it). Aside from that, her life is pretty normal, until she finds her...more
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Claire has more issues then just her body, she can see her dead grandmother, and she can switch body's with other people. Not just anybody though, they for one must be born under the same moon as her and two, they must be within a mile.
But when Claire switch's with a beautiful girl who is only there babysitting for the summer she doesn't want to give it up, she finally catches the eye of her crush, Nate, and can act in whatever way she wants. She...more
My Review
Claire has more issues then just her body, she can see her dead grandmother, and she can switch body's with other people. Not just anybody though, they for one must be born under the same moon as her and two, they must be within a mile.
But when Claire switch's with a beautiful girl who is only there babysitting for the summer she doesn't want to give it up, she finally catches the eye of her crush, Nate, and can act in whatever way she wants. She...more
Dec 05, 2011
Shay
rated it
3 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
EVERYONE
Recommended to Shay by:
Myself (Lol)
I have to be honest I did like this book. I thought it would be really bad based on the reveiws I read but it was pretty good. Now why did I give it 3 stars? Heres why
1) Unlikable main character:
What I mean is really just that The main character Clare is really annoying. She has a really low self asteam and really got on my nerves. She was messing with people lives! Can she be anymore interfering I mean really! Its not her life to change.
2) I don't like Evelyn:
What-so-ever. I think she is wrong...more
1) Unlikable main character:
What I mean is really just that The main character Clare is really annoying. She has a really low self asteam and really got on my nerves. She was messing with people lives! Can she be anymore interfering I mean really! Its not her life to change.
2) I don't like Evelyn:
What-so-ever. I think she is wrong...more
Claire has grown up in a little beach town, wondering who her father is and why Nate, the local hot guy, just looks at her like a friend and not a girlfriend. She is a swimmer with a swimmer's body and wishes she was different. She also doesn't like the fact that when there are lightning storms she switches bodies with other girls born around the same time. Usually she switches back by morning and the ghost of her dead grandma is helping her along the way. She switches with a beautiful girl on v...more
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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.
This book was fine. It was a cute little teenage read about a girl that switched bodies because of electrical current situations (storms,electrical outlet shocks etc.)She doesn't have control of who she would switch with and truly how long she would be in the other body.
I didn't love that Claire (the body switcher) wanted to stay in this tiny weak body that she switched into because she got the attention from a boy that she had been crushing on forever.
What I liked is that this girl learns in t...more
I didn't love that Claire (the body switcher) wanted to stay in this tiny weak body that she switched into because she got the attention from a boy that she had been crushing on forever.
What I liked is that this girl learns in t...more
Review: Claire Martin has been having problems since she was a teenager. And they weren't normal teenage problems either, they were body switching episodes occurring when ever there's a thunderstorm in the area. Now Claire's switched with a vacationer in her town and can't get back to her regular body. Even more weird, Claire or the body she's in has the attention of Claire's long time crush. The biggest question is: will she be able to get back to her body?
I discovered this book by complete acc...more
i read this book a lonnnggg time ago.
I don't remember.
This book was ...boring.
I mean, the whole body switching thing was interesting.
But the ending sucked. I'm sorry.
The main character pretty much spent the entire book in the blonde girls body being jealous and dating Nate. And nate never liked miranda which was sad.
I thought maybe he'll like her at the end, but it was the same.
I think this book was one of those that teach you about life and morals and stuff. The blonde girl was rich and prett...more
I don't remember.
This book was ...boring.
I mean, the whole body switching thing was interesting.
But the ending sucked. I'm sorry.
The main character pretty much spent the entire book in the blonde girls body being jealous and dating Nate. And nate never liked miranda which was sad.
I thought maybe he'll like her at the end, but it was the same.
I think this book was one of those that teach you about life and morals and stuff. The blonde girl was rich and prett...more
This book had an interesting concept, but lacked the details that come with a great story that really engages you with the characters and the plot. I loved the whole idea of walking in someone else's shoes and seeing that things are not always as perfect as they seem. I thought that the story was too short and that the author could have built up the characters and the plot and taken the whole idea to a more thought provoking level...rather the author left the story pretty shallow and just skimme...more
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3.8 Stars
This was a great way to spend my night.
Claire was a fantastic main character. I didn't mind being inside her head. Her witty comments when she was in Larissa's body were hilarious and made me like her even more. No, she didn't save the world, or nor was she a helpless heroine. She was an average girl, with insecure feelings and a pretty cool (or annoying, based upon your point of view) grandmother.
Switch was chick-lit with a dash of paranormality and an overall great moral. I could just...more
This was a great way to spend my night.
Claire was a fantastic main character. I didn't mind being inside her head. Her witty comments when she was in Larissa's body were hilarious and made me like her even more. No, she didn't save the world, or nor was she a helpless heroine. She was an average girl, with insecure feelings and a pretty cool (or annoying, based upon your point of view) grandmother.
Switch was chick-lit with a dash of paranormality and an overall great moral. I could just...more
I'm really torn as to what I wish to say about this novel. My school librarian handed it to me one day as I was borrowing out a stack of books and said I might like this. The truth is I did like it, but I was left feeling as though the story didn't really develop in a logical way despite the magnificence of the storyline! It's not every day that an idea this original finds it way into a book these days, and the really sad thing was it just didn't for some reason entirely sit well with me, when I...more
This Young Adult book caught my eye with it's great cover and the fact it is Carol Snow's debut Young Adult novel.
What a fun read! The right balance of serious issues with lots of humor. Perfect for the Young Adult crowd. My 12 year old daughter and 16 year old son both enjoyed the book.
Claire, is a body-switcher, who is trying to move thru adolescence with this strange ability. Her grandmother Evelyn is hilarious and I couldn't wait to see what she would do next. The book has a great message...more
What a fun read! The right balance of serious issues with lots of humor. Perfect for the Young Adult crowd. My 12 year old daughter and 16 year old son both enjoyed the book.
Claire, is a body-switcher, who is trying to move thru adolescence with this strange ability. Her grandmother Evelyn is hilarious and I couldn't wait to see what she would do next. The book has a great message...more
Body-swapping isn't a new nor particularly exciting theme. And Switch is no different. It takes an interesting explanation to the 'why' but the actually action is somewhat... underwhelming. It becomes all about the boy. At least at the end Claire has some interesting "revelations" about the reality of life, however she is still seemingly unhappy to return to her own body. Anyways, it's a cute book for something that only took me a few hours to read. Just nothing spectacular. At least the prose i...more
Ages 11+ (kissing, some 'underage' smoking, no language)
A supernatural summer read. 15 year old swimmer Claire can 'switch' with people who were born under the same moon as her. It happens during thunderstorms, or whenever there's an electrical charge. Usually, she switches back right away...but not this time. Now she's stuck in the body of model-gorgeous Larissa. Can she use this opportunity to claim Nate, her crush?
Not really a romance, but a light read for girls who like some supernatural fl...more
A supernatural summer read. 15 year old swimmer Claire can 'switch' with people who were born under the same moon as her. It happens during thunderstorms, or whenever there's an electrical charge. Usually, she switches back right away...but not this time. Now she's stuck in the body of model-gorgeous Larissa. Can she use this opportunity to claim Nate, her crush?
Not really a romance, but a light read for girls who like some supernatural fl...more
Switch reminded me of Wake because of the “accidentally-coming-into-your-body-slash-seeing-your-dreams” stuff. Seriously. I mean, besides the fact that Wake was about dream catching and Switch was about body changing, they almost follow the same type of plot.
Both girls have powers that they didn’t ask for and both girls each encounter some sort of adventure that has something to do with that specific power. For Claire, it was accidentally going into someone’s body and staying there…longer than s...more
Both girls have powers that they didn’t ask for and both girls each encounter some sort of adventure that has something to do with that specific power. For Claire, it was accidentally going into someone’s body and staying there…longer than s...more
Ever since the whole issue of Justine Larbalestier's Liar cover, I've been keeping a look out for covers that don't match the story within.
Looking at the cover of Switch, I'm expecting some mystery, intrigue, a mad case of passion and rule breaking. Imagine my surprise when it turns out that there's nothing remotely that sinister about Switch. And that the protagonist, Claire, is a swimmer and thus has a swimmer's body.
Does the cover convey that? Nuh uh.
I find it hard to believe the the brunette...more
Looking at the cover of Switch, I'm expecting some mystery, intrigue, a mad case of passion and rule breaking. Imagine my surprise when it turns out that there's nothing remotely that sinister about Switch. And that the protagonist, Claire, is a swimmer and thus has a swimmer's body.
Does the cover convey that? Nuh uh.
I find it hard to believe the the brunette...more
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Called “an author to watch” by Booklist, Carol Snow is an American author of contemporary women’s fiction and young adult literature. After graduating from Brown University with a degree in psychology, she spent many years writing literary short stories before accepting that she couldn't go more than a few hundred words without cracking a joke. She eventually turned her attention to crafting humor...more
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