"This strong entry in the series is a good choice for readers looking for books about friendship, identity, and LGBTQ issues." -
School Library Journal
When we last saw Oryon Small he was kidnapped and locked in a basement, his best friend Chase dying in his arms. In
Book Three of the groundbreaking Changers series, Oryon awakens as Kim Cruz, an Asian American girl whose body looks nothing like she expected or desired.
Where
Changers Book One: Drew dealt primarily with issues of gender and bias, and
Changers Book Two: Oryon explored issues concerning race and bigotry,
Changers Book Three: Kim tackles the thorny, less straightforward subjects of body shaming, self-esteem, grief, mental illness, and how the expectations of the outside world can't help but color the way we see ourselves.
Kim-smart, funny, and finally fed up with the cards she's been dealt-is finding out that friends change, love doesn't always mean forever, and growing up means living your truth, even if it isn't pretty.
"Kim's voice and the banter between characters are funny, and they feel real. The identity and marginalization issues loom large, but instead of being shoehorned into side characters, they're scooped up and taken into a deeper, entertaining, fantastic narrative." -
Kirkus Reviews
School Library Journal
When we last saw Oryon Small he was kidnapped and locked in a basement, his best friend Chase dying in his arms. In
Book Three of the groundbreaking Changers series, Oryon awakens as Kim Cruz, an Asian American girl whose body looks nothing like she expected or desired.
Where
Changers Book One: Drew dealt primarily with issues of gender and bias, and
Changers Book Two: Oryon explored issues concerning race and bigotry,
Changers Book Three: Kim tackles the thorny, less straightforward subjects of body shaming, self-esteem, grief, mental illness, and how the expectations of the outside world can't help but color the way we see ourselves.
Kim-smart, funny, and finally fed up with the cards she's been dealt-is finding out that friends change, love doesn't always mean forever, and growing up means living your truth, even if it isn't pretty.
"Kim's voice and the banter between characters are funny, and they feel real. The identity and marginalization issues loom large, but instead of being shoehorned into side characters, they're scooped up and taken into a deeper, entertaining, fantastic narrative." -
Kirkus Reviews
Buch (kartoniert)
Sixteen-year-old Cee Klinger is destined for heartbreak and she knows it. She's helplessly in love with Marcus, her childhood best friend. But soon they will change, transforming for the first time into whichever animal Clan they belong to, and once they join those Clans, they may never see one another again.
Cee is desperate to make the most of their remaining time, but after Marcus's brother leaves to join the Aerie, Marcus begins pulling away. And then Cee discovers she's harboring a dragon named Livian within herself, and the situation rapidly becomes volatile. Dragons are thought to be extinct, but Livian is very real. Powerful. Demanding. And potentially dangerous. Marcus begs her to have him removed by the ruling Magi Clan, but Cee begins to wonder whether it's worth losing a part of herself for a crush who can never return her love.
Cee is desperate to make the most of their remaining time, but after Marcus's brother leaves to join the Aerie, Marcus begins pulling away. And then Cee discovers she's harboring a dragon named Livian within herself, and the situation rapidly becomes volatile. Dragons are thought to be extinct, but Livian is very real. Powerful. Demanding. And potentially dangerous. Marcus begs her to have him removed by the ruling Magi Clan, but Cee begins to wonder whether it's worth losing a part of herself for a crush who can never return her love.