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Title: Switchers by Kate Thompson ISBN: 0-7868-1396-2 Publisher: Hyperion Press Pub. Date: 16 August, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.67 (12 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: A Real Children's Classic
Comment: Switchers and its two sequels (Midnight's Choice and Wild Blood) add to the canon of true literary children's classics. Kate Thompson combines touching psychological insight into Tess's troubled, lonely heart and vivid imaginings about the minds of animals with a thrilling plot about world weather catastrophe and a great friendship between Tess and the mysterious Kevin; there's also plenty of humour (the rats are fab). The moments when Tess first "switches" and Kevin makes his Big Choice at the end made me gasp - as you can see, I loved this book! However, Switchers suffers slightly by being first: there's too much narration about what Tess is thinking and not enough description, dialogue and action sequences. But don't be put off by this one complaint about technique; the writing just gets better and better through the series. This is a fabulous adventure story about being brave enough to care about the world, to reach out and make friends, to change who you are.
Rating: 5
Summary: Switchers
Comment: I bought this book at first because it sounded like Animorphs, which I really like, but its nothing like Animorphs. It's very different but good in its own way. I would have to say this book is the best in the Switchers trilogy. The way Kate Thompson writes bring you into the story. The book doesn't get boring but never seems too rushed, either. The two main characters in this book are Kevin and Tess, two Switchers who have the power to 'switch' into any creature they can imagine. They are just beginning to learn how to use their powers to the full extent. The other two books in the series are Midnight's Choice ( almost as good as this one) and Wild Blood ( nowhere near.) And I know I said they're nothing like Animorphs, but anyone who has read 48-The Return and Midnight's Choice will notice some strange similarities.
Rating: 4
Summary: Switchers
Comment: Book Title: Switchers
Author: Kate Thompson
Genre: Fiction
Exposition: Tess is as you might say "better off" then most teenagers, so when a boy in tattered clothes starts following her from her bus she thinks he's looking for money. But when she hurries toward her houses to get away from him and he says, "I know you, I know what you do", Tess gets scared. Could he know about her secret about how she could change how she's a switcher and can turn into any animal she chooses? Things get worse when Kevin shows up again and tells her he's a switcher and he needs her help to find out what's causing freak weather in the arctic. Will Tess go off with this stranger and find out about her mysterious talent or will she use her common sense and get as far away as she can from that creepy kid?
Characters:
Tess: A teenager from Ireland who has the ability to change into animals. She goes on a mission to find out what's causing extreme cold in the northern hemisphere.
Kevin: A homeless boy who is also a switcher. He asks Tess to go on this adventure with him.
Lizzie: A weird old lady who gives them advice and helps them stay hidden from the cops looking for Tess because shes a runaway.
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Title: Midnight's Choice by Kate Thompson ISBN: 0786812664 Publisher: Hyperion Press Pub. Date: 01 July, 2000 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Wild Blood by Kate Thompson ISBN: 0786814225 Publisher: Hyperion Press Pub. Date: 01 June, 2002 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Warriors #3: Forest of Secrets by Erin Hunter ISBN: 006000004X Publisher: HarperCollins Pub. Date: 14 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $15.99 |
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Title: Hawksong by AMELIA ATWATER-RHODES ISBN: 0385730713 Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers Pub. Date: 08 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: The Wish List by Eoin Colfer ISBN: 0786818638 Publisher: Miramax (Kids) Pub. Date: 01 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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