Diana and her little brother Georgie live behind the old Willis place for ages. They have a set of rules for themselves to survive. Ms. Lilan lived there, but died of a heart attack. Before that, she hired caretakers for her. She fired Diana’s parents, but they left Diana and her brother behind. When she finds out about the caretaker’s daughter, she wants to break the rules. Will she break them? Will they find Ms. Lilan’s ghost? Why did Diana’s parents leave them? [Chili Cheese]
The Old Willis Place
December 2, 2009 — falconmediaSwitched
April 20, 2009 — falconmedia
This has got to be the best book that has ever made me think so much! Switched is about a 17-year-old girl named Nicole who is feeling really depressed: her parents are staying on her, giving her no freedom. Her boyfriend just broke up with her! And she’s slacking in school. So her best friend Lucy has a way to help both of them escape their problems — Lucy takes her to the secret changing wall where two people climb to the top, hold hands, jump off to the other side, and come out with your brain in the other person’s body.
Not realizing it would work, Nicole does it. Too bad she didn’t know that with Lucy’s body would come Lucy’s problems … and by problems I don’t mean the usual “I’m grounded for a week” type of problem, more like the “I murdered my parents, their blood is all over the living room floor with their bodies, and the knife I used is on my nightstand under a note that says ‘I HAD TO KILL THEM I COULDN’T TAKE IT ANYMORE ~LUCY K’” type of problems.
Now in Lucy’s body with the cops chasing her and everyone she trusted betraying her, Nicole must find Lucy, who is gone. Trust me, the ending will make you drop your mouth, it’s something no one will expect. Great for teen boys and girls, Switched is my book of the day. It blew my mind when I was done! I could say it’s addicting because there’s so much suspense and so many mouth droppers, you just won’t want to put it down! [Cey-Cey]
