Switch by King, A. S.

A surreal and timely novel about the effects of isolation and what it means to be connected to the world from the Printz Award-winning author of Dig.

Time has stopped. It's been June 23, 2020 for nearly a year as far as anyone can tell. Frantic adults demand teenagers focus on finding practical solutions to the worldwide crisis. Not everyone is on board though. Javelin-throwing prodigy Truda Becker is pretty sure her "Solution Time" class won't solve the world's problems, but she does have a few ideas what might. Truda lives in a house with a switch that no one ever touches, a switch her father protects every day by nailing it into hundreds of progressively larger boxes. But Truda's got a crow bar, and one way or another, she's going to see what happens when she flips the switch.

Author: A. S. King
Publisher: Dutton Books for Young Readers
Published: 05/11/2021
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.70w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780525555513
Age Range: 14-17

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 03/29/2021
Kirkus Reviews 04/01/2021
Booklist 04/15/2021 pg. 46
School Library Journal 05/01/2021 pg. 86
Horn Book Magazine 09/01/2021 pg. 97
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2021 - Outstanding, Noteworthy In Style

About the Author
A.S. King is the award-winning author of many acclaimed books for young readers. Her novel Dig won the 2020 Michael L. Printz Award, and Ask The Passengers won the 2013 Los Angeles Times Book Prize. The New York Times called her "one of the best YA writers working today." King lives with her family in Pennsylvania, where she returned after living on a farm and teaching adult literacy in Ireland for more than a decade. www.as-king.com