With one random wish, Jack and Ellie are living life in each otherâs shoes. Heâs her. And sheâs him. ELLIE assumed popular guys didnât worry about body image, being perfect, or talking to girls, but acting like youâre cool with everything is tougher than it looks. JACK thought girls had it easyâno fights with bullies, no demanding dads, no power playsâbut 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 theyâre dealing with each otherâs middle school dramasâlocker room teasing, cliques, video game battles, bra shopping, and a slew of hilariously awkward momentsâuntil they hopefully switch back! Told in both Jackâs and Ellieâs voices, The Swap 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, itâs âseriously, truly, fearlessly funny!â
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 hometownâa small college town surrounded by waterfalls, quiet, rolling hills, and secret swimming holes.