{"id":3224,"date":"2014-03-14T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-03-14T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=3224"},"modified":"2014-03-13T10:48:21","modified_gmt":"2014-03-13T15:48:21","slug":"changers-book-1-drew-by-t-cooper-allison-glock-cooper-book-review-new-school-new-year-new-body","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=3224","title":{"rendered":"Changers Book 1: Drew, by T Cooper & Allison Glock-Cooper (book review) – new school, new year, new body?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"book<\/a>No one can know you are a Changer or see your secret mark<\/a>.
\nNo relationships with other Changers (or Abiders – shudder!)
\nNo warning that everything in life is about to change… except your true self.<\/p>\n

In a new body for first day of high school, Ethan can’t even skateboard right<\/a>! Why didn’t his parents warn him that he could wake up a girl? At least he’ll get to try 4 identities in 4 years before deciding which body to keep forever as he finds his personal mission to change the world (yes, really).<\/p>\n

Black Sheep is one of Akashic Books’ newer imprints, so you may have to ask your favorite local local library<\/a> or independent bookstore<\/a> to order this first Changers book, but it’s worth the wait!<\/p>\n

To feel a little of Ethan\/Drew’s experience, visit the WeAreChangers<\/a> website and post your ‘unselfies’ where your camera captures your feelings without looking at you.<\/p>\n

Poet e. e. cummings wrote “it takes courage to grow up and become who you really are” – how much courage do you and Ethan have?
\n**kmm<\/p>\n

Book info<\/strong>: Changers-Book 1: Drew \/ T Cooper & Allison Glock-Cooper. Black Sheep, 2014.\u00a0 [interview<\/a> with authors]\u00a0 [publisher site<\/a>]\u00a0 [book trailer<\/a>] Review copy and cover image courtesy of the publisher.<\/p>\n

My book talk<\/strong>: Ethan wanted to reinvent himself to start high school, not wake up in a girl’s body!<\/p>\n

Dad and Mom are so proud that he is a Changer – getting a new body each year of high school (like Dad did – who knew?) to discover his\/her true inner being. Changers are destined to make the world better, in secret, despite the Abiders who want to wipe them out.<\/p>\n

Most girls have years to get used to their bodies; Ethan\/Drew has an hour. Her first day at school brings a Changer mentor, catty girls, overwhelming emotions, and a possible friend.<\/p>\n

Cheer tryouts, drumming in a band instead of the basement, all the Changer rules, discovering an Abider at Central High, and dealing with having girl parts – this freshman year is too intense!<\/p>\n

Can Drew trust anyone at school?
\nHas she let any clues slip to alert the Abider there?
\nWho on earth will s\/he be for sophomore year?<\/p>\n

This first book in the Changers series explores Ethan\/Drew’s first steps along the perilous journey to become his\/her true self and discover how he’s meant to change the world. (One of 6,000 books recommended on www.abookandahug.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

No one can know you are a Changer or see your secret mark. No relationships with other Changers (or Abiders – shudder!) No warning that everything in life is about to change… except your true self. In a new body for first day of high school, Ethan can’t even skateboard right! Why didn’t his parents […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[22,7,4,20,5,16,18,40,44,43,187,39,49,15,9,21,66,35,33,3,8],"class_list":["post-3224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fiction","tag-behavior","tag-beliefs","tag-belonging","tag-conflict","tag-coping","tag-determination","tag-family","tag-fathers","tag-friendship","tag-growing-up","tag-lgbtq","tag-love","tag-memories","tag-relationships","tag-school","tag-self-image","tag-series","tag-surprises","tag-survival","tag-teens","tag-us-author"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3224"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3224\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3280,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3224\/revisions\/3280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}