Nowย a Disney Channel Original Movie, Megan Shullโs smart and funny, very readable bookย The Swapย is a great summer reading (or anytime!) choice. Will appeal to fans of R. J. Palacio and Katherine Applegate, as well as of graphic novels such as Click,ย Invisible Emmie, andย Smile.
With one random wish, Jack and Ellie are living life in each otherโs shoes. Heโs her. And sheโs him.
ELLIEย assumed popular guys didnโt worry about body image, being perfect, or talking to girls, but acting like youโre cool with everything is tougher than it looks.
JACKย thought girls had it easyโno fights with bullies, no demanding dads, no power playsโbut facing mean girls at sleepovers and getting grilled about your period is way harder than taking a hit to the face at sports practice.
Now theyโre dealing with each otherโs middle school dramasโlocker room teasing, cliques, video game battles, bra shopping, and a slew of hilariously awkward momentsโuntil they hopefully switch back!
Told in both Jackโs and Ellieโs voices,ย The Swapย offers a fresh and honest take on tween friendship, all while exploring more serious themes of family, loss, empathy, and what it really means to be yourself. And as Jon Scieszka says, itโs โseriously, truly, fearlessly funny!โ
Plus don't miss Megan Shull's heartwarmingย Bounceโin development as a movie featuringย YouTube star Jojo Siwa!
Megan Shull is the award-winning author of many books for kids, including The Swap, now a Disney Channel Original Movie. Megan holds a doctorate in educational psychology from Cornell University, where she also earned her undergraduate degree. Born and raised in Ithaca, New York, Megan lives and writes in her hometownโa small college town surrounded by waterfalls, quiet, rolling hills, and secret swimming holes.