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Bye for Now: A Wishers Story
The candles dripped onto the icing as Robin deliberated. What could she possibly wish? She wanted to wake up the next day and learn all her problems were gone. But since her problems weren’t going to disappear, she didn’t want to be Robin anymore.
“I wish I was somebody else,” Robin wished. And in that moment, she meant it. She blew out the candles.
After the worst elevent...more
“I wish I was somebody else,” Robin wished. And in that moment, she meant it. She blew out the candles.
After the worst elevent...more
Hardcover, 272 pages
Published
August 23rd 2011
by EgmontUSA
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When was the last time you thought, Boy, my life sucks, but that person has a great life. I wish I could be them instead of me? If you're anything like me and the people I know, it wasn't all that long ago. "The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence," after all. We know our own miseries intimately but only see the glossy good sides of other people's lives. Those who study these things have even concluded that Facebook can make us more depressed and upset than we already are, bec...more
Robin is fed up with her life-- she bonks heads with her younger sister and gives herself a black eye right before a big swim meet, doesn't do well, and then finds out she has head lice, so her birthday party is canceled. Blowing out the candles, she wishing she were someone else, and soon finds herself in England as Fiona Walker. Fiona is gorgeous, has quirky, artsy parents, and is starring in a professional stage production of Peter Pan. Sure, it's hard to figure out what's going on at school,...more
Robin has a horrible eleventh birthday. She wishes she were another person and wakes up as a British girl named Fiona. Robin tries calling her mom but when her mom thinks she has a wrong number and doesn't let her talk Robin sends an email to herself to see who the person that switched with her and who was now in her body was. She gets a reply and opens a Facebook account as Fiona and a Facebook group for other girls that switched like her. Using emails, Facebook and the phone Fiona finds more g...more
Rating: 3.75/5 Stars
About the Book: Robin's 11th birthday is not going well. She bumped into her sister and got a black eye, she can't win at her swim meet, and her sister has head lice so now she has to spend the evening having her head checked instead of having a sleepover with her best friend. It's so bad in fact that Robin wishes to be someone else. The next thing Robin knows she's Fiona from London, England. Robin has taken over Fiona's life and it seems pretty glamorous-Fiona is set to sta...more
About the Book: Robin's 11th birthday is not going well. She bumped into her sister and got a black eye, she can't win at her swim meet, and her sister has head lice so now she has to spend the evening having her head checked instead of having a sleepover with her best friend. It's so bad in fact that Robin wishes to be someone else. The next thing Robin knows she's Fiona from London, England. Robin has taken over Fiona's life and it seems pretty glamorous-Fiona is set to sta...more
What do you do when it's your 11th birthday, you've got a black eye from bumping heads with your younger sister, you've lost the swim meet and one of the popular girls is rubbing your nose in it, and your birthday sleepover has to be postponed because your sister brought home head lice. Add to that the younger sister and older brother are perfect. Robin just wishes she could be someone else, live somewhere else.
And it happens. Robin wakes up in the morning to find that her body has been traded a...more
And it happens. Robin wakes up in the morning to find that her body has been traded a...more
This was a cute, if predictable, story about an 11 year old girl who makes a birthday wish only to have it come true. Like all wishes that seem fantastic at first she is thrilled with her new world. However, the shine fades and she has to find her way back home. Despite its clichéd storyline, this book will appeal to young tween girls. It is not a stand out novel for the age group, by any means, but will just provide a quick weekend read. Older girls in the tween age (or advanced readers) will f...more
I think every girl, when she's about eleven, wonders what life would be like if she was part of a different family. Bye for Now takes that idea and twists it into a wonderful, fun, exciting adventure that girls of all ages will love.
Ms. Churchyard has created compelling, believable characters. She nailed the wonderful cultural depth and language differences. The vicarious trip to London that is this book is thrilling.
Ms. Churchyard has created compelling, believable characters. She nailed the wonderful cultural depth and language differences. The vicarious trip to London that is this book is thrilling.
Freaky Friday it is not but still pretty a-okay. Another great selection for the cutie-patootie tween set that I love.
Is it weird that I spent the entire novel imagining baby Lindsay Lohan in the role of Robin/Fiona? Ahhh Lindsay, how did you go so very wrong?
Is it weird that I spent the entire novel imagining baby Lindsay Lohan in the role of Robin/Fiona? Ahhh Lindsay, how did you go so very wrong?
This is exactly the kind of book I loved as a tween. A little time travel magic. A little romance. And London!
This is a fun quick read and a great book to help girls appreciate their lives and who they are.
wow. really good book! :)
Switched much???
Not impressed.
This was a great twist on the "Freaky Friday" type stories where eleven year old girls unwittingly make wishes and end up swapping with other girls around the globe only to find that maybe it wasn't so bad being themselves. Can they find each other and themselves, as well as a way to get back home? You'll have to read it to find out.
Four minus.
Cute story that I read in just a couple of hours. Lovely light read for younger readers.
Review to come.
Cute story that I read in just a couple of hours. Lovely light read for younger readers.
Review to come.
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Kathleen Churchyard has lived in many glamorous places, including London, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C., but she is very happy to call North Carolina her home right now. She lives there with her husband, Paul, and her daughters, Emma and Rowan. She wrote screenplays for Hollywood studios for almost twenty years, and Bye for Now is her first novel.
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