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38th out of 39 books
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52 voters
Switcharound (Caroline Tate Series)
by
Lois Lowry
Forced to spend a summer with their father and his "new" family, Caroline, age eleven, and J.P., age thirteen, are given unpleasant responsibilities for which they are determined to get revenge.
Paperback, 128 pages
Published
August 1st 1991
by Yearling
(first published 1985)
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i thought this was a good book. i read it for a book club thing and i thought it was awesome. i do recommend it. it teaches some memorable lessons and has some humor.
Light, fun, summer novel.
A little horrified that they had an 11-year old babysit twin babies, but I eventually got over it.
A little horrified that they had an 11-year old babysit twin babies, but I eventually got over it.
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This is an ok book. Its one for more like 3rd graders, so if you're looking for a 200 page book, it's not here.
I still remember thinking how mortifying it would be to switch identical twins up! Of course in all my years of teaching experience I have learned that, just like the mother says in the end, there is always a way to tell them apart. Amazing how we as mother always know! The doctor once asked me how I even had noticed that Alexis's thumbs didn't bend. As I thought about it I decided it is simply because I know everything about my dear little ones! (On that not, Domenic's right thumb didn't bend e...more
Not one of lois's best work
Caroline and J.P. are forced to spend the summer with their father and his new wife and kids, basically providing free babysitting. Caroline is in charge of the identical twin toddlers, J.P. (a genius and bookworm) is supposed to coach their half-brother's peewee baseball team. Both kids decide to get revenge, J.P. by making the team lose, Caroline by switching the twins. . . .
The awesome thing about this book is that it's about a girl from the Upper West Side who gets stranded in Iowa. Also, it challenges gender norms. Sounds like a Grinnellian book, huh?
I really enjoyed this book in that, sometimes we get caught up in what we think a person should do instead of what that person wants to do.
Feb 14, 2008
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just because ur dad lives far away doesnt mean hes that far.
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Taken from Lowry's website:
"I’ve always felt that I was fortunate to have been born the middle child of three. My older sister, Helen, was very much like our mother: gentle, family-oriented, eager to please. Little brother Jon was the only boy and had interests that he shared with Dad; together they were always working on electric trains and erector sets; and later, when Jon was older, they always...more
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"I’ve always felt that I was fortunate to have been born the middle child of three. My older sister, Helen, was very much like our mother: gentle, family-oriented, eager to please. Little brother Jon was the only boy and had interests that he shared with Dad; together they were always working on electric trains and erector sets; and later, when Jon was older, they always...more
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