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Editorial Reviews
From School Library Journal
Grade 5-7-Tom and Emma played together when they were in fourth grade, but now that they are sixth graders, they don't get along. Both are unhappy when they are teamed up for a gender-differences project for their health class. Then, a collision on a trampoline results in a body switch. As Tom and Emma frantically try to impersonate one another, each gains insight into the other's life. Just as they decide they'll have to remain switched forever, another blow to the head switches them back. Their health teacher is impressed with their reports, and Emma and Tom make tentative steps toward friendship. Physical development and differences are the focus here. The terms perv, crotch, boner, thong, and masturbation all make an appearance, with repeated references to naked pictures, and breasts. Tom, in Emma's body, gets her first period, and Emma, in Tom's body, wakes up with an erection. There are some humorous situations-Emma thinks the erection is a small animal under the covers with her-but the epiphanies reached by the characters-Emma: Being a boy was lonely, and Tom: -¦people expect more of [girls]-are mundane. The text contains plenty of cultural references and slang that will quickly become outdated. Though middle schoolers might be intrigued by the story's frankness, most readers will be disappointed by the lack of substance.-Laurie Slagenwhite, Baldwin Public Library, Birmingham, MI
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From Booklist
Gr. 5-8. Sell this goofball body-switching fantasy as Mary Rodgers' Freaky Friday (1972) with a gender-bending twist. Former pals Emma and Tom have grown apart, and neither sixth-grader can stand the thought of pairing up for their health teacher's consciousness-raising assignment about gender roles. It's a stalemate until a cursed arrowhead causes the two archenemies to swap bodies. Speaking in alternating chapters, the shell-shocked preteens hilariously navigate (and gain insights from) their differing hobbies, social situations, academic reputations, and, in scenes by turns frank and slapstick, their experiences of puberty; Emma initially thinks her morning "boner" is "a chipmunk or something" hiding under the sheets, and Tom has Emma's first period. The ending is a bit of a jumble, and it's too bad that one episode features Tom's remarks about the distasteful bodies, including one "fat butt" that he sees in the girls' locker room. But there's a lot to be said for a contemporary middle-grade comedy that both genders will find irresistible, and that will encourage a little deep thinking along with the laughs and gasps. Jennifer Mattson
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Grade 5-7-Tom and Emma played together when they were in fourth grade, but now that they are sixth graders, they don't get along. Both are unhappy when they are teamed up for a gender-differences project for their health class. Then, a collision on a trampoline results in a body switch. As Tom and Emma frantically try to impersonate one another, each gains insight into the other's life. Just as they decide they'll have to remain switched forever, another blow to the head switches them back. Their health teacher is impressed with their reports, and Emma and Tom make tentative steps toward friendship. Physical development and differences are the focus here. The terms perv, crotch, boner, thong, and masturbation all make an appearance, with repeated references to naked pictures, and breasts. Tom, in Emma's body, gets her first period, and Emma, in Tom's body, wakes up with an erection. There are some humorous situations-Emma thinks the erection is a small animal under the covers with her-but the epiphanies reached by the characters-Emma: Being a boy was lonely, and Tom: -¦people expect more of [girls]-are mundane. The text contains plenty of cultural references and slang that will quickly become outdated. Though middle schoolers might be intrigued by the story's frankness, most readers will be disappointed by the lack of substance.-Laurie Slagenwhite, Baldwin Public Library, Birmingham, MI
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
From Booklist
Gr. 5-8. Sell this goofball body-switching fantasy as Mary Rodgers' Freaky Friday (1972) with a gender-bending twist. Former pals Emma and Tom have grown apart, and neither sixth-grader can stand the thought of pairing up for their health teacher's consciousness-raising assignment about gender roles. It's a stalemate until a cursed arrowhead causes the two archenemies to swap bodies. Speaking in alternating chapters, the shell-shocked preteens hilariously navigate (and gain insights from) their differing hobbies, social situations, academic reputations, and, in scenes by turns frank and slapstick, their experiences of puberty; Emma initially thinks her morning "boner" is "a chipmunk or something" hiding under the sheets, and Tom has Emma's first period. The ending is a bit of a jumble, and it's too bad that one episode features Tom's remarks about the distasteful bodies, including one "fat butt" that he sees in the girls' locker room. But there's a lot to be said for a contemporary middle-grade comedy that both genders will find irresistible, and that will encourage a little deep thinking along with the laughs and gasps. Jennifer Mattson
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
See all Editorial Reviews
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