FINISHED:

Rodgers, Mary, and Hach, Heather. (2009). Freaky Monday. New York: HarperCollins.

[Well, this one lacked SO much of the dry wit and humor of the Rodgers' originals from the '70s and '80s. Here, Hadley is a star middle school student who feels self-conscious, is EXTREMELY jealous of her older sister's beauty, and realizes that she has thrown herself so much into her studies that she really has no social life. Ms. Pitt is the ultimate English teacher: progressive, thought-provoking, and LOVES each of her students dearly. One morning, after Hadley's failed report on "To Kill a Mockingbird", these two switch bodies and spend a day in each other's shoes. Hadley, as Ms. Pitt, has to deal with school administrators, an English department head interview, and the advances of a fellow teacher. Ms. Pitt, as Hadley, has to deal with Hadley's upset sister, a school dance, and the (hopeful) advances of a fellow student. While Hadley's story is interesting - she really is a deep, intelligent girl in the middle of an existential crisis - but there's no real reason for these two to switch like there was in the original stories. Stick to the classics, I say.]

STARTED:
Hicks, Clifford B. (1963). Alvin's secret code. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston.

[Shelving at the library I come across SO MANY books that look interesting. This is one that kept popping up - admittedly, it is the artwork by Bill Sokol that really drew me in...]

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