![]() Everyday, A wakes up in the body of another person. A has no body, gender, or family. A moves from body to body, female and male. A has created some guidelines in order to make it through the day: don’t interfere, don’t get attached, and avoid being noticed. At 16 years old, A has learned how to fit into someone else’s skin without being noticed. This is, until the day that A is in Rhiannon’s boyfriend’s body, Justin. Spending the day as Justin, A gets to know Rhiannon better and falls in love with her, hating Justin for the abuse that he puts her through. However, A only gets to stay in Justin’s body for one day and he can’t forget Rhiannon. So, every day, A tries to do something that will get him closer to Rhiannon. Every day, A tries to come up with a new way to improve Rhiannon’s life and an excuse as to why he needs to help her. What do you do when you can not stay with the person you want to help? I got to give this book a 4.5/5 because of the plot. The book starts off on day 5994 of A’s life: “I wake up. Immediately I have to figure out who I am. It’s not just the body—opening my eyes and discovering whether the skin on my arm is light or dark, whether my hair is long or short, whether I’m fat or thin, boy or girl, scarred or smooth. The body is the easiest thing to adjust to, if you’re used to waking up in a new one each morning. It’s the life, the context of the body, that can be hard to grasp. Every day I am someone else. I am myself—I know I am myself—but I am also someone else. It has always been like this” - first paragraph of the book. Today, A is in Justin’s body, a sixteen year old who has no cares in the world. When A gets to school he finds Justin’s girlfriend, Rhiannon, and he sees in her what he has seen in other girls. He sees the abuse caused by a loved one. A decides that at least for that day, he is going to change the way that Justin acts with Rhiannon. For the next couple of days, A changes the way that Rhiannon views the world. If you would like to purchase a copy from: Barnes and Noble Amazon Or borrow from: San Jose Public Library
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