Recycler
By Lauren Mclaughlin
(Random House Books for Young Readers, Paperback, 9780375851957, 288pp.)
Publication Date: August 25, 2009
Other Editions of This Title: Google eBook, Library Binding
Categories: Humorous Stories, Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Magic, Social Issues - Dating & Sex
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How do you grow up, if who you are keeps changing?
Jill McTeague is not your average high school graduate, she’s a scientific anomaly. Every month for four days she turns into Jack, a guy—complete with all the parts. Now everyone in her hometown knows that something very weird is up with her. So what’s a girl (and a guy) to do? Get the heck out of town, that’s what! With her kooky best friend, Ramie, Jill sets out for New York City. There both she and Jack will have to figure out everything from the usual (relationships) to the not so usual (career options for a “cycler,” anyone?).
As in Cycler, the first book featuring Jack and Jill, author Lauren McLaughlin deftly weaves the downright mundane with the outright bizarre in a story that, while defying classification, is peopled with characters that readers can fully relate to.
“The sort of book that makes your eyes widen and that you don’t want to put down.”—Bookavore
Lauren McLaughlin spent ten years in the film industry. Her Web site and blog are available at www.laurenmclaughlin.net.











