Switcharound

7 best books like Switcharound (Lois Lowry): The Hundred Dresses, Of Nightingales That Weep, An April Love Story, A Gift of Magic, The Sun and the Wind and Mr. Todd, Getting Rid of Marjorie, The Summer of Telling Tales

The Hundred Dresses

Author	Eleanor Estes
ISBN	0152052607

Eleanor Estes’s The Hundred Dresses won a Newbery Honor in 1945 and has never been out of print since. At the heart of the story is Wanda Petronski, a Polish girl in a Connecticut school who is ridiculed by her classmates for wearing the same faded blue dress every day. Wanda claims she has one hundred...

Of Nightingales That Weep

Author	Katherine Paterson
ISBN	0064402827

The daughter of a samurai never weeps. But Takiko, whose warrior father was killed in battle, finds this a hard rule, especially when her mother remarries a strange and ugly country potter. To get away from her miserable home, Takiko eagerly accepts a position at the imperial Japanese court. There,...

An April Love Story

Author	Caroline B. Cooney
ISBN	0590318586

I <3 this book. I’ve had it forever, just one of those tiny paperbacks that I’m not even sure where it originally came from. I mean, it’s certainly a product of its genre and its time, but if you can appreciate it for what it is, it’s a good little book. My favorite part is the way Marnie and Lucas...

A Gift of Magic

Author	Lois Duncan
ISBN	0440228476

A Gift of Magic wasn't the type of book I'd been expecting, but I'm glad I decided to read it. Written in a mysterious style with an ordinary setting, this book is full of fantasy elements and childhood nostalgia, but it's not a babyish or age-limited book. It's a very timeless story really, one that could...

The Sun and the Wind and Mr. Todd

Author

Eleanor Estes

Eleanor Ruth Rosenfeld (Estes)was an American children's author. She was born in West Haven, Connecticut as Eleanor Ruth Rosenfield. Originally a librarian, Estes' writing career began following a case of tuberculosis. Bedridden while recovering, Estes began writing down some of her childhood...

Getting Rid of Marjorie

Author	Betty Ren Wright
ISBN	0590406043

The Summer of Telling Tales

Author

Laura Summers

There are two ways to keep a secret: silence or lies
I can feel the anger bubbling up inside me. 'Grace, we've got a brand new life now. We can be anyone we want.'

'So what happens when your new friends find out you've just spun them a story?'

'They won't. I'm not going to let anyone spoil...