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Law, Ingrid.
SWITCH
New York : Dial Books, 2015
IL 5-8, RL 5.8
ISBN 0803738625

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Gypsy Beaumont is thirteen-years-old and just learning how to use her savvy, a special ability that all members of her family receive at her age, when something happens and all savvys are switched.  Adding to this confusion is the necessity of moving Gypsy’s difficult grandmother, who is showing signs of Alzheimer’s, into their home.  Just before losing her original savvy, Gypsy has a terrifying vision of her grandmother falling from a clocktower.  When her grandmother goes missing, Gypsy, her brothers, and two new friends, must learn how to harness changed abilities in a race against time to save Grandma Pat.  This companion to Savvy re-introduces the very unique Beaumont family and readers can fully enjoy this story even if they have not read the first story.  This is a fast-paced, exciting, magical adventure for readers grade 4 and up. (Garden State Children's Book Awards, 2018)


SUBJECTS:    Alzheimer's disease -- Fiction. 
                        Family life -- Fiction. 
                        Fantasy fiction. 
                        Grandmothers -- Fiction. 
                        Magic -- Fiction.

 
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