Winner of the 2015 Westchester Fiction Award
Changers Book One: Drew is a New York Public Library summer
reading pick!
Changers should appeal to a broad demographic. Teenagers, after all,
are the world's leading experts on trying on, and then promptly
discarding, new identities.
--New York Times Book Review
'Selfie' backlash has begun: The Unselfie project wants to help people
quit clogging social media with pictures of themselves and start
capturing the intriguing world around them.
--O, The Oprah Magazine, on the We Are Changers Unselfie project
This is more than just a message book about how we all need to be more
understanding of each other. The imaginative premise is wrapped around a
moving story about gender, identity, friendship, bravery, rebellion vs.
conformity, and thinking outside the box.
--School Library Journal
A thought-provoking exploration of identity, gender, and sexuality...an
excellent read for any teens questioning their sense of self.
--Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Changers Book One: Drew opens on the eve of Ethan Miller's freshman
year of high school in a brand-new town. He's finally sporting a haircut
he doesn't hate, has grown two inches since middle school, and can't
wait to try out for the soccer team. At last, everything is looking up
in life.
Until the next morning. When Ethan awakens as a girl.
Ethan is a Changer, a little-known, ancient race of humans who live out
each of their four years of high school as a different person. After
graduation, Changers choose which version of themselves they will be
forever--and no, they cannot go back to who they were before the
changes began.
Ethan must now live as Drew Bohner--a petite blonde with an unfortunate
last name--and navigate the treacherous waters of freshman year while
also following the rules: Never tell anyone what you are. Never disobey
the Changers Council. And never, ever fall in love with another Changer.
Oh, and Drew also has to battle a creepy underground syndicate called
"Abiders" (as well as the sadistic school queen bee, Chloe). And she
can't even confide in her best friend Audrey, who can never know the
real her, without risking both of their lives.
Fans of the books of John Green, the Joss Whedonverse--and empathy
between humans--will find much to love in this first of a four-part
series that tracks the journey of an average suburban boy who becomes an
incredible young woman...who becomes a reluctant hero...who becomes the
person she was meant to be.
Because, while changing the world can kinda suck, it sure beats never
knowing who you really are.
