This was a good blend of sweet with just a hint of more grown-up ideas to make it a perfect book for a reader transitioning from the middle grade to YA reading levels. This was a quick, fun book to read and I was really delighted to read something Canadian that wasn't also dreary and depressing. It's a challenge for the two to get anyone to believe them that something is seriously wrong. wrinkles and health conditions), the two must work together to find a way to prove that a car manufacturer is aware of (but hiding) a potentially life-threatening defect in its cars.
#Body swap story how to
While trying to figure out how to live in each other's bodies and navigate the pitfalls associated with the other's age group (zits and young love vs. Author Sylvia McNicoll does a really great job of showing how both a teen girl and an elderly woman can struggle to have their voices heard. The chapters alternate between teenager Hallie and and 82-year-old Susan, but there is never any doubt about whose voice was represented by each chapter. Happily, Body Swap is unique enough to be really interesting (an elderly woman and a teen switch bodies), and is also very nicely written. Unfortunately, though, these types of stories often aren't well-written (which can lead to confusing messes) or interesting enough to be worth reading. It doesn't matter to me if they're the type where someone disguises themselves, or a husband and wife who switch roles for the day, or the magical-mystical-wake-up-in-someone-else's-body sort. Jump Start, illustrated by Janet Wilson (Collier Macmillan Canada, 1989) – winner of Our Choice, 1989-90īringing Up Beauty (Maxwell Macmillan Canada, 1994) – winner of Our choice, 1995-96 Silver Birch Award, 1996 Manitoba Young Readers’ Choice Award, 1997Ĭaught in a Lie (Scholastic Canada, 2000) – winner of Explora-Toy award, 2001īody Swap was a nice little treat for me! I like the concept of "swap" stories of any sort where the idea is that each character comes away with a new appreciation for the other after having (quite literally) walked a mile in their shoes. The big race! Illustrated by Susan Gardos (Scholastic Canada, 1996) – winner of Our Choice, 1996-97 Project disaster, illustrated by Brian Boyd (Scholastic Canada, 1990) – Winner of Our Choice, 1990-91 She also edited "Today's Parent Toronto" for eight years.Īmong her award winning published works are: Nine published books later she returned to Sheridan College to teach creative writing for a decade. It was under his guidance that she wrote her first book "Blueberries and Whipped Cream" as a class project. Her friend and published author, Gisela Sherman, convinced her to take a children's writing course by Paul Kropp at Sheridan College. She began her writing career with adult short stories and household tips that were published in women's magazines, and moved on to freelance articles for Burlington local newspapers. Born in Ajax, Sylvia McNicoll (pseudonym Genna Dare ) grew up in Montreal, Quebec where she received her BA in English with a minor in Economics from Concordia University.
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