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Switch

Carol Snow (Goodreads Author)

3.45 · Rating details · 1,207 ratings · 155 reviews

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.

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Dec 30, 2008 Nancy rated it liked it

Shelves: 2008

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 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 the Claire’s and the paranormal genre? I’m sure it’s just a coincidence, but the name Claire was used in a vampire series before and in Mechling’s latest novel. Writers, I would avoid using typical names from now on.

2. The author makes a strangled attempt to incorporate some depth in a rather interesting story. It’s not completely lost on me. It’s like having the good vs. bad angel on your shoulder, except its pretty vs. ugly on Claire’s shoulders. But it’s not executed really well. There are still a lot of shallow moments where you wonder whether any of the characters have learned their lessons at all. I mean, when the author makes one last comment at the last chapter about Nate’s green eyes, golden curls, and how he looked like an angel, you pretty much just walk away with nothing short for good looks—not personality.

3. The world’s worst titles are the ones that are literal and one worded. Switch is not catchy. It is very general, which causes unexpectedness unless you’ve already read a snippet somewhere, but I don’t like it. This genre is enticing, so let’s make sure that the title stays so.

4. I think the characters and the story is pretty okay, but I feel like too much is repeated and not refreshing. The best friend with the weight problems gets used too often to make such an impression on me anymore, especially since it’s not a highlighted point here. Just, come on; not everyone in this world has a friend like that. Also, the alluring thought of wanting to be someone beautiful, someone other than you, is so common that I’m looking forward to a dramatic and encouraging twist. Essentially, it’s not bad; I just expected more “extreme” oddities than life scenarios. ...more

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Nov 22, 2010 Naomi rated it it was ok

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. The biggest question I have about this book is its ethics:
(1) You're in your granddaughter's body to keep it safe, but you go out and smoke to ruin your granddaughter's lungs, go out and hang out with a bad crowd, dye her hair orange, and talk on the phone with a stranger from myspace using your granddaughter's home phone number so that he'll call there again?!
-How could a real grandmother, who supposedly love you, use your body to do things like that! The eating of three/four bowls of ice cream ...more

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Jan 24, 2009 Leah rated it really liked it

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 ...more

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Jan 17, 2009 Rachel rated it it was ok

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 ...more

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Mar 18, 2011 Wendy Darling rated it it was ok

Shelves: eye-bleeding, heroines-wimpy, young-adult, annoying-main-characters, read-2011, paranormal-general

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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Jun 16, 2017 Ginger Woods rated it did not like it

Shelves: disappointing, burnable

I am so sick of saying "well it was a cute read" and yes it was a cute read

but I would have much rather spent my time reading one of the hundreds of books that are EPIC, change your lifes, make you fangirl, that I own!

Maybe if I was younger I would have ate it up and adored it, but I didn't understand plot back then. I also hadn't read enough to know this book, while interesting, has been done. And I will presume it has been done better by someone other than Carol Snow.

Sorry dear.

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Jan 14, 2009 Sara rated it really liked it

Shelves: young-adult, 2009, sci-fi-fantasy

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

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Aug 05, 2012 Fi rated it really liked it

Shelves: fantasy-supernatural, fiction

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. ...more

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Jul 21, 2011 Jessica rated it it was ok

Shelves: teen, library-books

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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

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Jul 08, 2009 Kathy rated it liked it

Shelves: ya, urbanfantasy

Even tho this has the fantasy element of body switching, really it's about body image, being comfortable in your own skin, and the old adage of don't envy someone until you've walked in their shoes (in this case, literally)...Cover is cool but doesn't match the description of the plain-looking heroine in the book. Good for tween/teen females who like reality fiction but are assigned to read a fantasy

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Apr 25, 2012 Geli rated it really liked it

Shelves: teen, supernatural

this is a very interesting story about a girl that can switch bodies with girls who have similar birthdays as herself when there are thunderstorms.

its a very nice story about being comfortable in your own skin. it was not a powerful read but a light hearted one and quite sad overall. the message the story gives out is a good and i think its important that young girls get that message in a positive way that isnt too preachy.

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Feb 19, 2009 J.D. Stroube rated it did not like it

Shelves: young-adult, boring, ya-fantasy

I did not enjoy this book. Hardly anything happens throughout the book, and the ending was terrible. I would not recommend this to anyone...

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Sep 29, 2014 ☆ ĄňŊǡƂėƮĦ ☆ ŞŧŎŋė rated it liked it

Shelves: young-adult

I did like this book but the ending was not what i expected because it seemed to contradict what the author was saying the entire book. Besides this it was okay.

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Jan 25, 2019 Hailey Vaughn rated it really liked it

I really enjoyed this book because it was really interesting. It is about a girl named Claire who switches bodies every time there is a major storm going on. Whenever she falls into a deep sleep she switches back. On a stormy night she switches into Larissa's body, a blonde, and gets stuck. Claire has to lie to Larissa because she doesn't want her to know the truth about switching. Larissa just thinks its all a dream. Claire learns a lot of about Larissa like how her parents are separated and ...more

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Dec 30, 2008 AJ LeBlanc rated it it was ok

Shelves: cbr-iv, young-adult, fantasy-scifi

Quick and easy premise:

Fifteen year old Claire is a girl with normal and fairly easy teenage problems. Nate, the love of her life, sees her as a bro. Her body, while strong from swimming, isn’t going to turn any heads. She’s average. Well, she would be if it wasn’t for two things: she hangs out with her dead grandmother and she sometimes switches bodies with other girls.

OK, so everything is normal and quiet about her except for that whole switching bodies. Turns out that electricity does ...more

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Jun 12, 2019 Sam rated it it was ok · review of another edition

The concept was good, but the writing is what gets me. I hated how the one girl was made out to be beautiful, but every other girl in the book had body issues. It’s not what’s on the outside that matters!
And the fact that the main characters crush completely looks over her, but as soon as a freaking “beautiful” woman comes along, he’s completely speechless! Ugh!

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May 26, 2017 Riya rated it really liked it

Actual rating: 3.5
Ending was kind of abrupt, not specified what exactly Claire is going to do, how her switch affected her but otherwise the book was fun to read and I really wish there is a second part

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May 08, 2019 Kelsey Simmons rated it really liked it

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Feb 03, 2018 Jen Jones rated it it was amazing

Cute. Funny, page-turner.

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May 15, 2017 Kaleigh L rated it really liked it

A main event for this book is whenever Claire gets close to lighting her spirt shoots into another girls body. Another main event is when she hangs out with her friends. A setting in this book is Claire's beach town where she lives. Another main event is that Claire can inhabit other peoples bodies when shes sleeping.

A figurative langue in this book is imagery it is when it says "Our chairs screeched as we dragged them into the center of the room. On one side, I was stuck holding hands with ...more

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Aug 03, 2008 Jennifer Wardrip rated it it was amazing

Shelves: trt-gold-star-award-winner, trt-posted-reviews

Reviewed by Breanna F. for TeensReadToo.com

Claire Martin is your average 15-year-old girl. She has her loving mom (Dr. Martin) and her best friend, Beanie. She also has a big crush on her fellow swimming buddy, Nate. And of course the ghost of her deceased grandmother (Evelyn) who has been around since Claire was a baby, even long before that. She probably doesn't sound that average anymore, right?

Here's the real kicker: Claire is what she and her grandmother call a "Switcher." Whenever a bad Reviewed by Breanna F. for TeensReadToo.com

Claire Martin is your average 15-year-old girl. She has her loving mom (Dr. Martin) and her best friend, Beanie. She also has a big crush on her fellow swimming buddy, Nate. And of course the ghost of her deceased grandmother (Evelyn) who has been around since Claire was a baby, even long before that. She probably doesn't sound that average anymore, right?

Here's the real kicker: Claire is what she and her grandmother call a "Switcher." Whenever a bad storm kicks up in Claire's little beach town, she'll be pushed out of her own body in to another girl's body. But only a girl who was born close to the same time Claire was and that lives only around a mile or so away. So most of the time Claire switches in to a visiting girl's body. Just someone who is vacationing with her family. Overnight, Claire ends up back in her own body and wakes up back to her old self.

But at one point (during the day even) a little bit of static electricity sends Claire in to the body of a girl that her and her
friend Beanie saw just the other day on the beach. She was obviously not a local from the looks of her, and she was watching two little boys. She was a skinny little thing in a bikini that barely covered her at all. She also seemed like a complete B word to both Claire and Beanie. Of course, she had all the attention from the guys, especially Nate. So when Claire is zapped into this girl's body (her name is Larissa) she is shocked, but at the same time a bit excited. She finally has a body that she loves and is actually able to show it off without looking ridiculous.

But when Claire wakes up the next morning she's still in Larissa's body. And now she's stuck watching these two attention-starved boys from basically dusk till dawn. But she has the attention of Nate and she's not about to lose it. What could a few days in Larissa's body hurt? Except for the fact that Larissa's soul is just floating around, while Evelyn is hanging out in Claire's body for the time being. Will Claire ever switch back to her own body? And the most important thing: will she actually want to?

This book was amazing! I pretty much couldn't put it down. I got so engrossed in it every time I picked it up. I could totally understand why Claire was debating whether or not she wanted her old body back. I mean, she finally had the attention of the guy that she has liked for so long. Who would want to give that up? And I loved Evelyn's character. She was hilarious. Always walking around as her ghostly self (when she wasn't in Claire's body, that is), smoking the same cigarette day after
day. The ending was also really touching. It was just overall a fantastic book.

I highly suggest reading SWITCH when it's released. You won't be sorry. ...more

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Jul 10, 2009 thebookblogger rated it liked it

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 ...more

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Feb 21, 2012 Lisa rated it really liked it

Shelves: teen-magic-and-fantasy

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 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 and finds herself in the body of Larissa, a teenage tourist she has seen on the beach. Larissa appears to have it all. All being a perfect body and a beautiful face. Claire is at first excited to be in Larissa's body with all of its perfection but soon begins to panic when she realizes that sleep isn't the cure for switching back and she may be stuck in Larissa's body indefinitely.
Having read Snow's Been There, Done That a few years ago, I wasn't sure if I would like her first foray into YA literature. The concept sounded intriguing but I wasn't a fan of the idea of finding yourself in the "perfect body" as I feel this might send a negative message to teens. I was drawn in from the start however, as the author begins the novel in second-person, posing the switch as something that may have happened to you, the reader. You might have experienced the switch yourself, waking up in a foreign body. From the start, Snow makes the reader a character in the story, not just a wallflower watching the action happen. Even after switching back to Claire's point of view, the reader still feels invested in the story. The main character, despite her ability to switch bodies, is a realistic teenage figure. Just like other teens, she has body issues, has been recently dumped by a best friend who has left her behind for the popular crowd, and is stuck in the friend zone with her crush. Despite her many insecurities, she manages to channel her inner strength when she finds herself in Larissa's body becoming a strong protagonist. Older readers will be able to relate to Claire's high school experiences and younger readers may be able to examine their insecurities through new eyes after reading the book. The novel has a strong moral that will resonate with readers of all ages.
I enjoyed the fact that this book was drug and alcohol free and was age appropriate, unlike so many YA novels today. This novel will appeal to those who enjoy reading about magic and fantasy. It is appropriate for grades eight through high school. The text is simple so it may also appeal to struggling readers. ...more

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Nov 11, 2010 Katie rated it it was amazing

Shelves: school-reading-2010-2011

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
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 accident, I accidentally clicked on it while I was surfing the web and I didn't even bother to read the summary. The next day while looking at Blogs I follow, I saw the book again! I was more than surprised and so I looked the book up, this time reading the summary. It looked amazing, but I knew I was going to have to wait awhile to get it. I did a spotlight Monday for switch and then the same day, I go down to my schools book fair. Switch was there just waiting for me to buy, which I did immediately. So you probably didn't care but I think it's cool. Now on to the actual review.

I really liked Claire, she was the type of girl who shopped in the boys section and the type that was always nice, but blended into the background. Which then makes her the girl who likes a guy who always calls her dude. She was a special character, not to mention her special powers of switching back in forth which is totally cool!!! Until you get stuck. The supporting characters were interesting, I really liked Nate and Beanie but I hated Claire's grandmother, she was just plain selfish.

Nate was a sweet guy, who just needed to wake up and realize that the real Claire was there already! It really frustrated me.

The plot of the story was more focused on Claire becoming who she actually was but in another body, instead of on her switching abilities which was a nice change.

The reason why I love this book: It's extremely fun and sassy. It has relatable characters and an easy to follow plot, and it has a lot of things that make a story really good! I was especially surprised to learn this is the authors debut novel!! The only thing I am going to complain about is the ending, it just stopped, I wish there had been some sort of 5 months later or what not but I will just have to settle with my imagination.

Otherwise this was an amazing debut!
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Feb 05, 2009 Stephanie rated it really liked it

Shelves: own

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 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 she has ever known. For Janie, it was breaking cases and finding out who was the culprit by using her dream catching powers. And at the end of each adventure, they are relatively satisfied and *bam* end of story.

However, despite Switch’s close relation to the Wake series, it definitely isn’t as good or as well-written. For Wake, I was completely and totally drawn into the book, whereas for Switch, there were multiple times where I had to put the book down…and didn’t really want to pick it back up.

And the characters, specifically Claire and her grandmother, are so weird, okay? I’m not even kidding. You know that summary, the last question where it asks: will she ever figure out how to get back to her old life? More importantly, will she want to? That question? Well, it was really subtle. It wasn’t obvious that Claire didn’t want to go back to her old body because she kept trying to go to sleep and return to her previous body. It wasn’t until around the last few chapters where the author subtly suggested that Claire didn’t want to go back, but it was so subtle that you basically had to read between the lines to understand it.

And Claire’s grandmother? Epic weirdness. There were times where I wasn’t even sure if she was on Claire’s side or not because she kept going out doing weird things and not going to sleep so Claire wouldn’t return. She kept dressing funny and basically embarrassed the heck out of Claire, who wasn’t Claire at the time. So she was like one of those characters who were important but, at the same time, not important.

Overall, this book was not that interesting. The summary sounded way better than its reality.
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Feb 22, 2010 Ashley rated it really liked it

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 new girl in town, her whole ...more

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Aug 17, 2008 Rachael rated it really liked it

Claire Martin leads a pretty regular life in the resort town Sandyland. She loves hanging out with her best friend Beanie and spending as much time as possible in the water, not to mention lusting after the hottest guy on the swim team, Nate. There’s only one thing that sets her way apart from other girls: when Claire gets too close to lightning or another electrical charge, her spirit will switch from her body to the body of the nearest girl born under the same moon. Usually, the switch is fast Claire Martin leads a pretty regular life in the resort town Sandyland. She loves hanging out with her best friend Beanie and spending as much time as possible in the water, not to mention lusting after the hottest guy on the swim team, Nate. There’s only one thing that sets her way apart from other girls: when Claire gets too close to lightning or another electrical charge, her spirit will switch from her body to the body of the nearest girl born under the same moon. Usually, the switch is fast and Claire is back in her own body by the next morning. But when Claire accidentally switches into the body of a beautiful summer resident named Larissa, Claire finds herself reluctant to return to her old life; after all, her crush Nate is rather interested in Larissa. But after waking up the next morning still in this beautiful stranger’s body, Claire starts to wonder if she’s stuck as Larissa for good.

Switch is a fast-paced and interesting story. Though the idea of switching bodies may have been borrowed from Freaky Friday, it still made for a good story. Plus the fact that Claire couldn’t control when she switched or who she switched with was entirely unique. Sometimes, though, the characters were a little confusing. The flashes you get of Claire’s background don’t completely add up, Larissa change from being extremely snotty to nice isn’t thoroughly explained, and Claire’s grandmother Evelyn was always strange and mysterious. The moral of the story did seem to be taken directly from Freaky Friday, but I didn’t really mind it that much. However, I wasn’t left with a sense of understanding at the end; sure, Claire got that she should appreciate everything she had in her life, but the ending seemed a little cut off. I’m not saying that Switch was a bad story; it just could’ve been better.

I wasn’t completely taken with this story, but I did enjoy the plot. If you liked the novel and/or movie Freaky Friday, you will probably like reading Switch.

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Apr 08, 2014 Shirley rated it really liked it

In the book, "Switch", by Carol Snow, a 15 year old girl named Claire was just a normal girl. She is a swimmer and a very good one. Although, there is one thing that she has that is a unusual...whenever there is a lightning she switches bodies with someone. But she always switches back after a short period of time. Her grandmother had the same ability as well, but her grandmother passed away, but she as a ghost visits Claire. One day Claire switched bodies with another girl named Larissa. In the book, "Switch", by Carol Snow, a 15 year old girl named Claire was just a normal girl. She is a swimmer and a very good one. Although, there is one thing that she has that is a unusual...whenever there is a lightning she switches bodies with someone. But she always switches back after a short period of time. Her grandmother had the same ability as well, but her grandmother passed away, but she as a ghost visits Claire. One day Claire switched bodies with another girl named Larissa. Larissa was a beautiful girl and she lived in a beach house with so much clothes. Normally she would switch back to her own body in a short time, but she was still stuck in Larissa's body. Also, in Larissa's body a boy that Claire likes, Nate notices Larissa. They have a relationship for the time being while Claire tries to escape the body. Her grandmother is taking Claire's body and ruining her life. Her grandmother is not like Claire at all. Claire needs to switch back because she has swim tryouts to go to, but she can't in Larissa's body.

I really liked this book, it was a little supernatural. Also, it made me want to keep reading the book because it was very interesting. I liked how it was fiction, but the protagonist could relate to teenagers. I also liked because it was different from other books I have read. The length of this book was reasonable. What I did not like about it was from half way of the book it was a little slow and boring, but after that it picked up the pace and was very good.

I would recommend this book to teenage girls (12+) I think anyone who likes fiction books would like this book. Someone who likes romance and dramatic books. I think that it was an enjoyable book to read. I would recommend this book to anyone who does not usually read or who does not read long books because this book would make you want to read more books. I would not recommend it to someone who doesn't like romance because it mostly revolves around the relationship between Nate and "Larissa".
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Mar 17, 2012 Caitlin O rated it it was amazing · 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. ...more

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Sep 14, 2008 Karin rated it liked it

Shelves: 2008-reads, youngadult

Claire can always tell when an electrical storm is brewing. Her body is tuned in to the lightning. Ever since she hit her teens, lightning has caused her to switch bodies with people. She doesn’t keep the bodies long and she always gives them back. Until one night.

Claire is an average girl. She is a star swimmer, has a best friend, and dreams of having the perfect guy notice her. Unfortunately, Nate thinks of her as a sister, but everything changes for her when she makes a switch with a new ...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 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 humorous, heartfelt stories with a wider commercial appeal, and In 2006, Berkley/Penguin published her first novel, Been There, Done That, which Publisher's Weekly called “humorous, wise . . . romance with a bit of social commentary.” Since then, she has written four more books for adults, Getting Warmer (2007), Here Today, Gone to Maui (2009), Just Like Me, Only Better (2010), and the upcoming What Came First (2011), about which Laura Fitzgerald, bestselling author of Veil of Roses, said, “Carol Snow mixes her trademark humor with tenderness and understanding in this good-mom/bad-mom tale of unexpected twists and turns.” Carol has also written two young adult books for HarperCollins, Switch (2008), an ALA Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers, and Snap (2009). Foreign rights to her books have sold to publishers in Germany, Norway, and Romania.

Carol Snow grew up in New Jersey. Much of her childhood was spent immersed in books; the rest was focused on avoiding dodgeball. In addition to her psychology degree from Brown University, she holds an M.A.T. in English from Boston College. Before getting her first book published, she had the typical (for a writer) assortment of odd jobs: tour guide, tutor, chambermaid, waitress. She worked for a T-shirt company, a child services agency, and a vanity press. She even had a short stint in local politics. Her campaign brochures were really pretty, with flawless punctuation.

Since leaving New Jersey, Carol has lived all over the place: Rhode Island, London, Massachusetts, New York, Connecticut, Utah, Arizona, and, now, Southern California, where she shares a cat-fur-coated house with her husband and their two children. ...more