The Cloverdale Switch

by Eve Bunting

John begins to suspect that his girlfriend and several other Cloverdale citizens are really alien beings.

119 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1979

About the author

Also known as Evelyn Bolton and A.E. Bunting.

Anne Evelyn Bunting, better known as Eve Bunting, is an author with more than 250 books. Her books are diverse in age groups, from picture books to chapter books, and topic, ranging from Thanksgiving to riots in Los Angeles. Eve Bunting has won several awards for her works.

Bunting went to school in Ireland and grew up with storytelling. In Ireland, “There used to be Shanachies… the shanachie was a storyteller who went from house to house telling his tales of ghosts and fairies, of old Irish heroes and battles still to be won. Maybe I’m a bit of a Shanchie myself, telling stories to anyone who will listen.” This storytelling began as an inspiration for Bunting and continues with her work.

In 1958, Bunting moved to the United States with her husband and three children. A few years later, Bunting enrolled in a community college writing course. She felt the desire to write about her heritage. Bunting has taught writing classes at UCLA. She now lives in Pasadena, California.

Reviews

[Hanna · Rating 2 out of 5]

“Feelings aren’t always easy.”

So aren’t all published stories.

[Shanshad Whelan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read this back in my teens I think. It's a fairly dated story of two teens who are out together when something turns the world black and white for our male protagonist. When things flash back to normal, his girlfriend is not the girl he's always known . . . there's something different about her. A sort of Invasion of the body snatchers with a gentler and more humane twist