by T Cooper
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.
Acknowledgments
Thanks are due to a great number of folks who helped Changers evolve from a lightning-bolt idea in the park to an actual book series we are proud to have our children (and others) read. The love and kindness of the following friends, family, and colleagues can be felt on every page of Book Two (and beyond):
Johnny Temple, Johanna Ingalls, Aaron Petrovich, Ibrahim Ahmad, and Susannah Lawrence at Akashic Books; Jason Amos of Chocolate Shores, for “Change Is at Hand”; Kaleb Anderson, for contributing writing to DJ’s slam poem in the Change 2–Day 20 chapter; Karl Austen and Ryan LeVine at Jackoway, Tyerman, Wertheimer; Kate Bornstein, for everything; Kevin Buchmeier, Nick Gotten, and John Chaisson of the Changers band, The Bickersons; Sarah Chalfant and Rebecca Nagel at the Wylie Agency; our families; John Green; Laurie Hasencamp and Mike Lurey; Tom Léger; Téa Leoni and family; Jennifer Mencken and Ben Pivar; Misty Travis Oaks; Langley Perer and Dawn Saltzman at Mosaic; Alex Petrowsky; Spencer Presler; Amy Ray; Scott Turner Schofield; Zac Simmons and Dana Spector at Paradigm; Doug Stewart at Sterling Lord Literistic.
And to the seventh grader at Middle School 378 in New York City who asked, “Are there Changers in the real world?” Yes!
T COOPER and ALLISON GLOCK-COOPER are best-selling and award-winning authors and journalists. Between them, they have published seven 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 they can be reached at their websites: www.t-cooper.com and www.allisonglock.com.
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©2015 by T Cooper and Allison Glock-Cooper
www.wearechangers.org
Paperback ISBN-13: 978-1-61775-307-7
eISBN-13: 978-1-61775-368-8
Library of Congress Control Number: 2014955242
Changers illustration by Alex Petrowsky
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