# The Changeover

**Author(s):** Margaret Mahy
**Unpaid SageChimp rating:** insufficient data (0 unpaid reviews; need 5)
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**Genres:** middle-grade, literary-fiction, supernatural-horror, witches, paranormal
**Pages:** 224
**Publisher:** Atheneum
**Published:** Tue Jan 01 1974 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
**Language:** en
**ISBN-13:** 9780745106946
**ISBN-10:** 0140363289
**URL:** https://www.sagechimp.com/books/the-changeover

## Description

When her little brother seems to become possessed by an evil spirit, fourteen-year-old Laura seeks the help of the strangely compelling older boy at school who she is convinced has supernatural powers.

## SageChimp reader verdict

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- **Status:** Not enough unpaid reviews (`insufficient_data`)
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- **Unpaid reviews:** 0
- **ARC / incentivized reviews:** 0
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**Themes:** Friendship