Better You Than Me

By Jessica Brody

Book Overview

It's Freaky Friday meets Hannah Montana when two twelve-year-old girls--one a famous TV star, the other an obsessive fan--switch bodies with hilarious and disastrous results. It began with a wish. . . . Ruby Rivera is a twelve-year-old superstar with millions of followers. Skylar Welshman is a seventh grader who wants to be cool--and she's Ruby's biggest fan. When Skylar and Ruby meet on the set of Ruby's hit show, Ruby of the Lamp, and wish they could switch places . . . it happens Now Ruby is living Skylar's life--going to a normal school, eating fro-yo, sleeping in, texting boys . . . it's amazing. And being Ruby is even better than Skylar imagined--her fancy closet is huge, everyone wants to be her friend, and she gets to spend every day with Ryder Vance, her dreamy costar. Life is a blast But when Ruby finds herself dealing with mean girls and Skylar discovers that being a celebrity isn't all red-carpet glamour, the girls start to wonder if being yourself isn't so bad after all. Can they swap bodies again? Or are they stuck being each other forever?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1524769746
• ISBN13: 9781524769741
• Release Date: January 2020
• Publisher: Yearling Books
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.1" x 7.6"
• Age Range: 10 to 13 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 8