About This Book
In 'Switched at Birthday,' two very different girls, Lavender, a tough outsider, and Scarlet, a popular but insecure bully, find their lives turned upside down when they magically switch bodies on their thirteenth birthday. This chapter book, suitable for ages 9-13, explores themes of empathy, identity, and social dynamics as the girls are forced to experience life from an entirely new perspective. It's a heartwarming and humorous story that encourages readers to look beyond appearances and understand the complexities of others.
Lavender sees herself as the miserable but tough outsider at school, while Scarlet knows she is talented and popular, but insecure on the inside--then, on their mutual thirteenth birthday, they wake up in each other's bodies and are forced to learn what it means to walk in someone else's shoes. Lavender and Scarlet aren't friends. Lavender is something of an outcast, and Scarlet is amazingly popular. On their birthdays, they wake up in each other's bodies and have to figure out how to be someone who's completely opposite of who they are.
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Discussion Prompts
1
If you could switch places with anyone for a day, who would it be and why?
2
How did Lavender and Scarlet's opinions of each other change throughout the book? What caused those changes?
3
What does it mean to 'walk in someone else's shoes'? How did this experience help Lavender and Scarlet?
4
Have you ever misjudged someone based on how they seemed on the outside? What did you learn?
5
What did Lavender and Scarlet learn about themselves by being each other?
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