Changeover
3.8
(6 ratings)288 pages2009HarperCollins Publishers LimitedISBN 9780007330485
About this book
"When three-year-old Jacko is stricken with a baffling illness, his teenage sister Laura, a 'sensitive, ' is the only one to recognize that demonic possession is the true cause of his malady. . . . The beautiful characters grow with readers and the style is beautiful but ornate. An extraordinarily rich and sensitive novel".--School Library Journal, starred review. Winner of the Carnegie Medal; ALA Notable Book; ALA Best Book for Young Adiults; School Library Journal Best Book of the Year; Booklist Editor's Choice.
Publication Details
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Limited
- Published
- 2009
- Pages
- 288
- ISBN
- 9780007330485
- Language
- en
About Unknown Author
Margaret Mahy (born in Whakatane, New Zealand) is a well-known New Zealand author of children's and young adult books. While the plots of many of her books have strong supernatural elements, her writing concentrates on the themes of human relationships and growing up. Her books "The Haunting" and "The Changeover" both received the Carnegie Medal of the British Library Association. She has written a little less than 50 novels, including the recent "Alchemy" in 2002. Among her children's books, "A Lion in the Meadow", "The Seven Chinese Brothers", and "The Man Whose Mother was a Pirate" are considered national classics.
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