Changers Four-Part Young Adult Novel Series
“[Changers] is amazing as a literary work and should be used as a Masterclass example for all activists, advocates and allies on how to educate and enlighten others about the importance of empathy and acceptance.”
— Clay Aiken, for GMA
“A thought-provoking exploration of identity, gender, and sexuality . . . an excellent read for any teens questioning their sense of self or gender.”
—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“Everyone should read this, regardless of age. The book discusses important topics about growing into your skin (literally and physically), and gender identity . . . Go get a copy of this right now.”
—Huffington Post
Changers Book One: Drew (Akashic Books, 2014)
The cheerleader, the nerd, the jock, the freak. What if you had to be all four?
It is the eve of Ethan Miller’s freshman year. He’s psyched to be in high school (finally). Until the next morning. When Ethan awakens as a girl… Ethan is a “Changer,” one of an ancient race of humans who live out each of their years of high school as someone new.
Winner of 2015 Westchester Fiction Award
New York Public Library
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Changers Book Two: Oryon
(Akashic Books, 2015)
In the four-part Changers Series for young adults finds our hero Ethan/Drew on the eve of her second metamorphosis — into Oryon, a skinny African American skater boy with more swagger than he knows what to do with. Enter a mess of trouble from the Changers Council, the closed-minded Abiders, the Radical Changers (RaChas), and his best friend Audrey—at least she was his best friend when Oryon was Drew — and now, it’s complicated.
“Changers’ should appeal to broad demographic. Teenagers, after all, are the world’s leading experts on trying on, and then promptly discarding, new identities.”
— The New York Times Book Review
“Looks at issues relating to friendship, gender identity and sexuality with grace and humor.”
— The Today Show
Changers Book Three: Kim
(Akashic Books, 2016)
When we last saw Oryon Small he was 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.
“I was thrilled to discover a book that deals with issues of identity and belonging with so much heart and, more importantly, humor…Changers Book One: Drew changed the way I think.”
— Clay Aiken, singer/UNICEF ambassador
Changers Book Four: Forever (Akashic Books, 2018)
When we left Kim Cruz in Changers Book Three, she’d come out to her best friend. In Changers Book Four: Forever, Kim discovers that this is only one small part of understanding who she is and where she belongs. Soon enough, she changes again, into the body and social status of her dreams. What she does with her newfound power will come to haunt her. In this final installment of the provocative Changers series, our hero learns what it means to be the person everybody loves without actually being known at all; what it’s like to be given the benefit of the doubt when you don’t deserve it; and how easily opportunity comes when you look the part. Changers Book Four explores what it means to find yourself — even as yourself keeps changing— and how in the end we become the person whose story we want to finish.
“A fresh and charmingly narrated look at teens and gender.”
— Kirkus Reviews