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March 18, 2009
THE SWITCH by Anthony Horowitz
Anthony Horowitz, known for teen super spy, Alex Rider, has written a new tale of young teenage boys swapping bodies in THE SWITCH. Thomas Arnold David Spencer, aka Tad, returns home from a year at Beton Academy. He is the only child of the fabulously wealthy, charitable and knighted by the Queen, Sir Hubert Spencer. Tad is also overweight, very bright, spoiled, and not taken seriously by his parents. When he expresses an interest to visit the new theme park, his parents don’t want him on “those rides.”
Off in his room Tad murmurs, “It’s not fair.” He wonders why he can not do what he wants, and just before he falls asleep he wishes he was someone else.
Before he is fully awake, Tad knows something is different. He finds himself in the camper of two carnival workers. He is now Bob Snarby, uneducated, thin and very poor. Bob is also an accomplice to a petty thief. Tad’s first criminal attempt results in a murder, and Tad is now a felon wandering the streets of London. Maybe, his life was not so bad.
As always with classic trading places stories there is a reason for switch. For Tad this reason will change his life forever, be careful what you wish for.
I RECOMMEND THIS STORY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE IN GRADES 6-8, WHO ENJOY A GOOD TALE.
Mrs. Jackson
Head of Young Adult Services
Posted by fjacksonem at March 18, 2009 3:51 PM