The Switchers Trilogy

by Kate Thompson

Paperback, 2004

Status

Available

Call number

823.914

Genres

Publication

Random House Children's Books (2004), 560 pages

Description

A special three-in-one edition of Kate Thompson's Switchers fantasy trilogy, including Switchers, Midnight's Choice, and Wild Blood   In Switchers, thirteen-year-old Tess has a secret power--and it just might save the world from disaster.She is a Switcher, able to change into any animal at will. No one knows her secret, or so she thinks. But one day, a strange, scruffy boy named Kevin follows her home from her Dublin bus stop. He's a Switcher, too, and he convinces Tess that their powers are needed to stop the snowstorms that are rapidly advancing from the Arctic. Tess and Kevin will have to stretch their abilities to the very limit to try to save the world from frozen destruction.   In Midnight's Choice, Tess believes she has experienced everything her powers have to offer--until she meets Martin, another Switcher, who seems to have a mysterious power over the Dublin rats. Martin's gift is dangerous and terrifying, but also exciting, and Tess can't resist the temptation to explore his dark and thrilling world. Will she find the strength to resist, or will she be pulled permanently into darkness?   In Wild Blood, it's time for Tess to choose her final form.Within days, she will turn fifteen and lose her power, remaining locked into a single shape. But what shape should she choose? As she tries to decide, Tess travels to her uncle Maurice's farm in County Clare. She's distracted from her weighty decision by the feeling that there's something strange about the woods near the farm. What does it have to do with Tess's choice? Her journey will take her to places she never could have imagined, as she approaches once and for all her final Switch.… (more)

User reviews

LibraryThing member DebbieMcCauley
Tess carries a secret. She discovered at a young age that she was able to change into any animal she wants. Thinking that she is the only one she doesn’t form close friendships, but then she meets Kevin, a fellow switcher. She learns that the prolonged and unusually cold winter that the Northern
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hemisphere is experiencing is caused by massive creatures who were responsible for the Earth’s ice ages and who were awakened by oil drilling. Tess and Kevin must work together and assume several different animal forms in order to save the planet.
I found the first story in this trilogy enjoyable but by the time I reached chapter 8 of the second story, Midnight’s Choice, I was over it and cast the book aside. The concept was interesting and I liked the way that the author explored animal society and experience.
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Language

Original language

English

Original publication date

1994 (Switchers)
1998 (Midnight's Choice)
1999 (Wild Blood)

Physical description

560 p.; 5.08 inches

ISBN

009947283X / 9780099472834

Barcode

1259

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