by T Cooper
"Love it. Love it, love it, love it. Seriously. Read this." >—The Best Books Ever
"4 huge stars. Maybe even 4.5. I really enjoyed this book, and can't wait to read the rest of the series!" —The Overstuffed Bookcase
“I was thrilled to discover a book that deals with issues of identity and belonging with so much heart and, more importantly, humor . . . Changers Book One: Drew changed the way I think.” —Clay Aiken, singer/UNICEF ambassador
“Change. It's the one universal thing that everyone goes through, especially in high school. Changers Book One: Drew ratchets that up a notch and kicks open the door, with both humor and panache. Big questions and equally big highs (laughs) and lows (cries). And you thought high school was awkward before!” —Kimberly Pauley, author of Sucks to Be Me
“Humor makes Changers a joy to read, and Drew the kind of character you’d want to be friends with in real life. I loved this book.” —Arin Greenwood, author of Save the Enemy
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.
Changers Book One is available in paperback and e-book editions. Our print books are available from our website and in online and brick & mortar bookstores everywhere. The digital edition is available wherever e-books are sold.
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Changers Book Two: Oryon
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“Fantastic.” —John Green
“This is an excellent sequel . . . This installment raises the stakes, making the story not just about physical and emotional transformation, but about survival.” —School Library Journal
“Oryon’s winning and witty narrative voice is consistently engaging . . . Oryon is African-American, and much of what he observes is about race . . . raises thought-provoking questions.” —Kirkus Reviews
“This series is addicting . . . as soon as I started reading I was immersed into the book, unable to put it down . . . The series is just getting better and better.” —I’d So Rather Be Reading
“I really enjoy these books . . . If you are looking for books–these are great.” —Yellow Porcupines
Changers Book Two: Oryon in the four-part Changers Series for young adults finds our hero Ethan/Drew on the eve of her second metamorphosis—into Oryon, a skinny African American skater boy with more swagger than he knows what to do with. Enter a mess of trouble from the Changers Council, the closed-minded Abiders, the Radical Changers (RaChas), and his best friend Audrey—at least she was his best friend when Oryon was Drew—and now, it’s complicated.
But that’s life (and life, and life, and life) for Changers, an ancient race of humans who must live out each year of high school as a completely different person. Before next summer, Oryon will learn what it means to be truly loved, scared spitless, and at the center of a burgeoning national culture war. Most of all, he will learn again how much the eyes of the world try to shape you into what they see—and how only when you resist do you clearly begin to see yourself.
Changers Book Two: Oryon is available in paperback from our website and in bookstores everywhere. The e-book edition is available wherever e-books are sold.
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Changers Book Three: Kim
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“This series takes the ultimate teen experience—not feeling comfortable in one’s own skin—and folds it into a fantastical premise . . . This strong entry in the series is a good choice for readers looking for books about friendship, identity, and LGBTQ issues.” —School Library Journal
“Kim’s voice and the banter between characters are funny, and they feel real. The identity and marginalization issues loom large, but instead of being shoehorned into side characters, they’re scooped up and taken into a deeper, entertaining, fantastic narrative.” —Kirkus Reviews
When we last saw Oryon Small he was kidnapped and locked in a basement, his best friend Chase dying in his arms. In Book Three of the groundbreaking Changers series, Oryon awakens as Kim Cruz, an Asian American girl whose body looks nothing like she expected or desired.
Where Changers Book One: Drew dealt primarily with issues of gender and bias, and Changers Book Two: Oryon explored issues concerning race and bigotry, Changers Book Three: Kim tackles the thorny, less straightforward subjects of body shaming, self-esteem, grief, mental illness, and how the expectations of the outside world can’t help but color the way we see ourselves.
Kim—smart, funny, and finally fed up with the cards she’s been dealt—is finding out that friends change, love doesn’t always mean forever, and growing up means living your truth, even if it isn’t pretty.
Changers Book Three: Kim is available in paperback from our website and in bookstores everywhere. The e-book edition is available wherever e-books are sold.
ALLISON GLOCK-COOPER and T COOPER are best-selling and award-winning authors and journalists. Between them, they have published twelve books, raised two children, and rescued six dogs. The Changers series is their first collaboration in print. The two also write for television and film, and are currently adapting Changers for television. The authors can be reached via their websites: www.t-cooper.com and www.allisonglock.com.
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©2018 T Cooper and Allison Glock-Cooper
Paperback ISBN-13: 978-1-61775-528-6
eISBN-13: 978-1-61775-678-8
Library of Congress Control Number: 2018931796
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