Freaky Friday is one of this century's funniest books for young adults. The basic idea—an exchange of identities— is hardly new; Shakespeare, Mark Twain, and P. G. Wodehouse, among others, have used this theme. But Rodgers's application is new: an identity exchange between generations. All the humor of the original idea remains, but added to it is the serious and important question of understanding between parent and child.
When the story opens, Annabel is bright and humorous, but obtuse. A classic underachiever at school, she is spectacularly messy at home, disorganized, and unable to get along with her family (although she does have loyal friends her own.....
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