Better You Than Me by Jessica Brody, 424 pages. Delacorte Press (Penguin Random House),
2018. $17.
Content: Language: G; Mature Content: G;
Violence: G
BUYING ADVISORY: EL, MS – ESSENTIAL
AUDIENCE APPEAL: HIGH
12yo Skylar is a huge fan of tween
star, Ruby Rivera. When Skylar has a bad
day at middle school, with mean girls making her life hard, Skylar hops a bus
to nearby Burbank to take a studio tour of Ruby’s TV set. While on the tour, Skylar sneaks into the
prop closet and chances a meeting with Ruby, who is also having a bad day. While in the prop closet they wish they had
each other’s lives and they find themselves in a body switch. Ruby and Skylar think they are doing a good job
living the other person’s life, but then it starts to unravel.
I read this book in two days. It was a fun, fast read with good characters
and I love the body switch premise. I also
liked the moral of empathizing with other’s hardships and finding your true self. Great character growth and enjoyable read!
Reviewer, C. Peterson
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