Switching Well

by Peni R. Griffin

Book Overview

Two twelve-year-old girls in San Antonio, Texas, Ada in 1891 and Amber in 1991, switch places through a magic well and try desperately to return to their own times. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0140369104
• ISBN13: 9780140369106
• Release Date: December 1994
• Publisher: Puffin Books
• Length: 218 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.1" x 7.8"
• Age Range: 5 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

unbeilevably amazing

Switching Well, written by Peni R. Griffin is an outstanding narrative about two girls who switch centuries in a magic well and can't reach their times. Ada is a 13 year old girl with a peaceful and normal personality. Amber is a spunkier girl but feels sad when she finds out her parents are divorcing. They meet new friends, people that aren't very nice, and have to lie along the way, but somehow tell the truth. The girls learn about one another because people think they're missing. I recomend this book... it's absalutly fastinating.

A "Must Read" Book

Yes, you must read it. This book tells about two girls that live 100 years apart that think that life in 100 years or 100 years ago will be better than the life they lead. So, while Amber is transported back in time, Ada is transported forward in time with the help of a mysterious wishing well. Both girls must go to orphanages, as they have no family in this strange time, and both figure out that life in either time isn't what they thought it would be. Now they long for home. But they have one problem. How in the world are they going to get home?A book filled with suspense and fantasy is the best book, in my mind. The only thing wrong with this one: the author never reveals what creature was in the well. Still, I would highly recomend this book for anyone who loves fantasy.

Great Book!

I thought this boom would be very bnoring at the start, because this was an assignment given to me by a teacher. Then, I began to read it, and I couldn't put it down! I always thought that "old time" books were about cowboys and rights and hard labor, but this one probably covered everything! It also has a lot of humor, suspense, and funny words.

THIS BOOK IS SO GOOD

Switching Well, a book about two girls living in the same city 100 years who are mysteriously switched, is one of the best books I've ever read! If you have never read this book, you should. It gives an accurate portrayal of two "orphan"s in two different centuries, each trying to adjust to the conveiniences (or not) of their new century. This book is denfinately a must read.

Read this book!

I thought that the book the Switching Well was a very good book and helped you to learn about how different it was back then and now! It also helped you learn about what orphan homes and what they were like and what they are like now. When I first started to read this book I thought that it was going to be a pretty boring book but I kept reading and it got better and better! So if you like to read books about the past or about the present than this is a book for you!