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 wit... read full description
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Jul 08, 2008
Diana
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When lightning is near, Claire Martin switches places with any nearby girl who was born under the same moon she was. After falling asleep she always wakes up again in her own body but when a static electricity shock switches her into the body of a gorgeous summer visitor to her beach side small town something goes wrong and she doesn't switch back. Even the ghost of her grandmother who died before she was born can't seem to help her. Being in the wrong body does draw the attention of her crush b
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Jan 17, 2009
Rachel
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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 More...
Until Larissa Hughes – size 2, wealthy, teen beauty queen. Claire switches with her and gets stuck. Chaos ensues as Claire More...
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Jan 14, 2009
Sara
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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 t
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Dec 30, 2008
Nian
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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?
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Dec 14, 2011
Liyana
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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.
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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.
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Dec 02, 2011
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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 guid
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Jun 06, 2011
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 onl 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 onl More...
Apr 23, 2010
McKenzie
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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 switc 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 switc More...
Jul 10, 2009
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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 some 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 some More...
May 29, 2009
Kristen
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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.
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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.
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Jan 25, 2009
Leah
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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 s
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Nov 23, 2010
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Jul 30, 2011
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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 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 More...
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Dec 05, 2011
Shay
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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.
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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.
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May 27, 2011
Amy
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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
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Mar 04, 2010
Amy
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Feb 09, 2012
Wendy Darling
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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.
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Oct 30, 2011
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Claire Martin’s pretty much just a typical teenage girl. 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." She’s nothing special, except for the fact that she temporarily switches into other girls’ bodies when electrical storms appear. Oh, and can also talk to her dead grandmother who had the same problem.
All of the switching started when she hit her teens. To Cl More...
All of the switching started when she hit her teens. To Cl More...
Feb 02, 2011
Cyndi
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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.
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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.
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Dec 07, 2010
Katie
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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?
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Sep 20, 2010
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.
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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.
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May 30, 2010
Jessie
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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 skim
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May 08, 2010
Ashlee
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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
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Nov 22, 2008
tammi
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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 gr 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 gr More...
Nov 05, 2011
Rai
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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 t
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Sep 18, 2009
Ann
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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 l 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 l More...
Mar 26, 2009
Stephanie
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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…l 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…l More...
Jan 24, 2012
Book Rants
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I liked this one, I liked Claire and I liked reading from her pov. Claire isn't really happy with her self image so when she switches in to what she thinks is the perfect girl she decides to have a little fun. Most of the book Claire is in Larissa's body and she gets to see what life is like for someone "perfect" but she soon discovers things about Larissa life that suck compared to her own. She also can see the ghost of her grandmother, so when Claire gets switched to someone else bod
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Jul 02, 2011
Debbie
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Preposterous, silly drivel. I've decided I dislike stories that have female characters with body image issues. The main character, Clare, puts down herself for having an athletic, physically fit body. Envious of the beautiful, skinny, stereotypical blonde girl, Larissa, they switch places after Clare comes in contact with static electricity. Even more irksome is the cover on the book that, I assume, is supposed to portray both girls...they are both different, but both beautiful. Of course, Clar
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Nov 10, 2010
Ashley
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Author: Carol Snow
Pages: 224
Source: Purchased from Barnes and Noble
Series or Standalone?: Standalone
When lightning strikes and electric currents are in the air, Claire Martin temporarily switches into the body of any nearby girl born under the same moon as her. She knows she’s not normal ... but she’s dealing with it. Besides, it usually only lasts for a few hours and then she wakes up in her own body. So when she finds herself trapped in the body of the beautiful n More...
