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Switching Well

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I thought this boom would be very bnoring at the start, because this was an assignment given to me by a teacher. Then, I began to read it, and I couldn't put it down! I always thought that "old time" books were about cowboys and rights and hard labor, but this one probably covered everything! It also has a lot of humor, suspense, and funny words.

Switching Well, written by Peni R. Griffin is an outstanding narrative about two girls who switch centuries in a magic well and can't reach their times. Ada is a 13 year old girl with a peaceful and normal personality. Amber is a spunkier girl but feels sad when she finds out her parents are divorcing. They meet new friends, people that aren't very nice, and have to lie along the way, but somehow tell the truth. The girls learn about one another because people think they're missing. I recomend this book... it's absalutly fastinating.

Yes, you must read it. This book tells about two girls that live 100 years apart that think that life in 100 years or 100 years ago will be better than the life they lead. So, while Amber is transported back in time, Ada is transported forward in time with the help of a mysterious wishing well. Both girls must go to orphanages, as they have no family in this strange time, and both figure out that life in either time isn't what they thought it would be. Now they long for home. But they have one problem. How in the world are they going to get home?
A book filled with suspense and fantasy is the best book, in my mind. The only thing wrong with this one: the author never reveals what creature was in the well. Still, I would highly recomend this book for anyone who loves fantasy.

Switching Well, a book about two girls living in the same city 100 years who are mysteriously switched, is one of the best books I've ever read! If you have never read this book, you should. It gives an accurate portrayal of two "orphan"s in two different centuries, each trying to adjust to the conveiniences (or not) of their new century. This book is denfinately a must read.

Switching Well is one of the best yet most confusing novels I've ever read. As they switch times through chapters it was kind of confusing. Peni R. Griffen sure has a way of grasping your interests.

The quality of the book on a scale of 1-10 would be 91/2. Most of the characters are almost real. You can feel the emotions they face and the hardships they endured. My favorite character is Ada because as she experiences the modern world it is just one more discovery after another. This character is special to me because even though her father believes women are inferior she still tries to earn his respect. The author did a masterful job in development of characters. Peni R. Griffen was able to grasp my interests and hold on throughout the entire novel. As she switched off characters she would leave you with many questions such as: What about Ada? Will Amber be in trouble? etc. My favorite scenes in the book are when Ada and Mrs. Bauer hang out with each other because they were interesting. I wouldn't have made any changes. I think Peni R. Griffen's way was the only good way this novel could have been written.

From this book I learned to take nothing for granted and that you never know how important something is to you until it's gone.

I thought that the book the Switching Well was a very good book and helped you to learn about how different it was back then and now! It also helped you learn about what orphan homes and what they were like and what they are like now. When I first started to read this book I thought that it was going to be a pretty boring book but I kept reading and it got better and better! So if you like to read books about the past or about the present than this is a book for you!

Unfortunately this is the only book by Peni R Griffin that I have been able to find in my library but it was well worth looking for and made me want to read more of her work. She must have done an awesome amount of research for this story, in which two girls, through the magic in a wishing well, travel to a time which they fondly imagine to be better than their own. Ada from 1891 wishes she lived a hundred years from then when women would surely have the vote and the problems of the world will have been solved, while in 1991 Amber, who has just heard her parents are divorcing, wishes she lived a hundred years ago when parents didn't get divorced and the problems of the world hadn't been invented. Fantasy is such a wonderful medium for probing and highlighting problems of today which, if written as realistic fiction, would be downright boring. Peni R Griffin gives us a wonderful read while giving us much food for thought.

Switching Well by Peni R. Griffin has two main characters. The first is twelve-year-old Ada Bauer, who lives in San Antonio, Texas, in 1891. Women in her time are not considered as important as men, and her father thinks so. Her teacher was tempted to fail her essay about a woman's rights. So she goes to the Haunted Lot and wishes in the well to live a hundred years in the future. The second main character is twelve-year-old Amber Burak, who also lives in San Antonio, but in 1991. Her parents are thinking about getting divorced, and she seems to be the last to know. She, too, goes to the Haunted Lot and wishes in the well that she lived a hundred years in the past. Ada and Amber switch places and are completely confused in their new lives. They try to wish themselves back home, but it doesn't work. The longer they stay a hundred years away, they wonder if they will ever be able to get home.

Yes, you must read it. This book tells about two girls that live 100 years apart that think that life in 100 years or 100 years ago will be better than the life they lead. So, while Amber is transported back in time, Ada is transported forward in time with the help of a mysterious wishing well. Both girls must go to orphanages, as they have no family in this strange time, and both figure out that life in either time isn't what they thought it would be. Now they long for home. But they have one problem. How in the world are they going to get home?
A book filled with suspense and fantasy is the best book, in my mind. The only thing wrong with this one: the author never reveals what creature was in the well. Still, I would highly recomend this book for anyone who loves fantasy.

I loved this book. I liked Ada's chapters better, though. Amber's chapters were sometimes boring, but I thought Amber's chapters were interesting when she was dealing with Grof. I liked the book, it was really good, and the author really worked in a degree of mystery in. I recommend this book to everyone, whether they're into time travel or not.