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May 11, 2021 | ISBN 9780525555513 | Young Adult

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    About Switch

    A surreal and timely novel about the effects of isolation and what it means to be connected to the world from the Printz Award-winning author of Dig.

    Time has stopped. It’s been June 23, 2020 for nearly a year as far as anyone can tell. Frantic adults demand teenagers focus on finding practical solutions to the worldwide crisis. Not everyone is on board though. Javelin-throwing prodigy Truda Becker is pretty sure her “Solution Time” class won’t solve the world’s problems, but she does have a few ideas what might. Truda lives in a house with a switch that no one ever touches, a switch her father protects every day by nailing it into hundreds of progressively larger boxes. But Truda’s got a crow bar, and one way or another, she’s going to see what happens when she flips the switch.

    About Switch

    A surreal and timely novel about the effects of isolation and what it means to be connected to the world from the Printz Award-winning author of Dig.

    Time has stopped. It’s been June 23, 2020 for nearly a year as far as anyone can tell. Frantic adults demand teenagers focus on finding practical solutions to the worldwide crisis. Not everyone is on board though. Javelin-throwing prodigy Truda Becker is pretty sure her “Solution Time” class won’t solve the world’s problems, but she does have a few ideas what might. Truda lives in a house with a switch that no one ever touches, a switch her father protects every day by nailing it into hundreds of progressively larger boxes. But Truda’s got a crow bar, and one way or another, she’s going to see what happens when she flips the switch.

    About Switch

    A surreal and timely novel about the effects of isolation and what it means to be connected to the world from the Printz Award-winning author of Dig.

    Time has stopped. It’s been June 23, 2020 for nearly a year as far as anyone can tell. Frantic adults demand teenagers focus on finding practical solutions to the worldwide crisis. Not everyone is on board though. Javelin-throwing prodigy Truda Becker is pretty sure her “Solution Time” class won’t solve the world’s problems, but she does have a few ideas what might. Truda lives in a house with a switch that no one ever touches, a switch her father protects every day by nailing it into hundreds of progressively larger boxes. But Truda’s got a crow bar, and one way or another, she’s going to see what happens when she flips the switch.

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    About A.S. King

    A.S. King is the award-winning author of many acclaimed books for young readers. Her novel Dig won the 2020 Michael L. Printz Award, and Ask The Passengers won the 2013 Los Angeles Times Book Prize. The New York Times called her “one of the best YA… More about A.S. King

    About A.S. King

    A.S. King is the award-winning author of many acclaimed books for young readers. Her novel Dig won the 2020 Michael L. Printz Award, and Ask The Passengers won the 2013 Los Angeles Times Book Prize. The New York Times called her “one of the best YA… More about A.S. King

    About A.S. King

    A.S. King is the award-winning author of many acclaimed books for young readers. Her novel Dig won the 2020 Michael L. Printz Award, and Ask The Passengers won the 2013 Los Angeles Times Book Prize. The New York Times called her “one of the best YA… More about A.S. King

    Product Details

    Category: Teen & Young Adult Social Issues | Teen & Young Adult Science Fiction | Teen & Young Adult Fiction

    Hardcover | $17.99
    Published by Dutton Books for Young Readers
    May 11, 2021 | 240 Pages | 5-1/2 x 8-1/4 | Young Adult | ISBN 9780525555513

    Category: Teen & Young Adult Social Issues | Teen & Young Adult Science Fiction | Teen & Young Adult Fiction

    Ebook | $10.99
    Published by Dutton Books for Young Readers
    May 11, 2021 | 240 Pages | Young Adult | ISBN 9780525555520

    Category: Teen & Young Adult Social Issues | Teen & Young Adult Science Fiction | Audiobooks | Teen & Young Adult Fiction

    Audiobook Download | $18.00
    Published by Listening Library
    May 11, 2021 | 359 Minutes | Young Adult | ISBN 9780593397848

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    Praise

    ★ ”Timely and extraordinary, teen readers will find themselves immersed in this timeless world.”—SLJ, starred review

    ★ “An unsettling but emotionally resonant novel for our own unsettling times.”—Bookpage, starred review 

    “A work of literary genius.”—Booklist 

    “Printz Award winner King returns with another surrealist masterpiece.”—Kirkus 

    “Poignant, propulsive, and profound.”—Publishers Weekly

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