Body Swap

by Sylvia McNicoll

2019 Hamilton Literary Award for Fiction — Winner
A fatal collision — who’s to blame? Two bodies, two souls switch in search of justice.

When fifteen-year-old Hallie gets knocked flying by a Hurricane SUV, her life ends without her ever having kissed a boy. At an otherworldly carnival, she meets and argues with the eighty-two-year-old driver, Susan. Both return to life, only with one catch — they’ve swapped bodies.

Now Hallie has wrinkled skin and achy joints while Susan deals with a forehead zit and a crush on a guy who’s a player. Hallie faces a life in a long-term care residence. Susan gets picked up for shoplifting.

As they struggle with technology, medications, and each other’s fashion foibles, they start to understand and maybe even like each other. But can they work together to prove that a defect in the Hurricane caused the deadly crash? Or will their time run out?

• ISBN10: 1459740904
• ISBN13: 9781459740907
• Publish Date: 22 November 2018 (first published 15 September 2018)
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: CA
• Imprint: Dundurn Group Ltd
• Format: Paperback (US Trade)
• Pages: 248
• Language: English

Reviews

[kymmiejournals]

Get off the phone. Carpe Diem!

I received an Advanced Reader Copy (ARC) of this book from NetGalley and the publisher in exchange for a fair and honest book review.

This is a unique story of how young adults should think of more important issues than focusing on themselves and what other people would think of them. We’ve all been there and we made a lot of mistakes. We have a lot of insecurities – mostly physical attributes, but we tend to forget the real issues of people who are struggling with heart failure, old age, longing for a company from a loved one or family, illness, emotional distress, medications, and others.

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