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A review by meganac
Change Places with Me by Lois Metzger
5.0
But a name was - well, important. It gave you a place on earth that was all your own.
I wasn't sure if I'd like Change Places With Me, but, oh my word...I loved it. I loved so much, I swallowed the entire thing on one day - except for 7 pages, which I devoured while being driven to a horse race.
Rose - the girl - wakes up one morning and things are a little bit different. She's talking, asking questions, wanting parties and friends, petting dogs she used to be terrified of. Something has changed...but what? And does she even care?
I was entranced by this story. It makes you feel sort of disoriented, because you know something is up, but you don't know what. It nags in the back of your mind. You follow along, wanting the truth, guessing at it, needing it. You just can't put this book down.
A lot of deep issues are discussed in this book. We see how loss devastates a person, how willing a grieving soul can be not to forget, but at least to bury. I'm certain that in some ways, we all choose to bury things, and in this story, we explore what that really does. We also see how hard single parents work to keep things together, and what real friendship is like.
There is a lot of high school drama, but it's presented constructively. We also see a lesbian couple as they adopt a son - not really a problem. Your kids are going to be exposed sooner or later. Just know it's there, for discussion purposes.
Seriously guys...read this book.
I wasn't sure if I'd like Change Places With Me, but, oh my word...I loved it. I loved so much, I swallowed the entire thing on one day - except for 7 pages, which I devoured while being driven to a horse race.
Rose - the girl - wakes up one morning and things are a little bit different. She's talking, asking questions, wanting parties and friends, petting dogs she used to be terrified of. Something has changed...but what? And does she even care?
I was entranced by this story. It makes you feel sort of disoriented, because you know something is up, but you don't know what. It nags in the back of your mind. You follow along, wanting the truth, guessing at it, needing it. You just can't put this book down.
A lot of deep issues are discussed in this book. We see how loss devastates a person, how willing a grieving soul can be not to forget, but at least to bury. I'm certain that in some ways, we all choose to bury things, and in this story, we explore what that really does. We also see how hard single parents work to keep things together, and what real friendship is like.
There is a lot of high school drama, but it's presented constructively. We also see a lesbian couple as they adopt a son - not really a problem. Your kids are going to be exposed sooner or later. Just know it's there, for discussion purposes.
Seriously guys...read this book.