The Changeover by Margaret Mahy

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.

just not my kind of book.

When I was a kid I got this book somewhere, I think as a prize in the local library's summer reading programme. You had to read and write about 10 books over the summer and then you got to choose a book. To my disappointment you could only get 2 prizes in one summer. In hindsight it makes sense - would have cleaned them out.

Anyway, I LOVED this book and read it multiple times. I still have it, and I've read it a couple of times as an adult, for the nostalgia. Today, for the first time, I read it in its original English which felt a bit weird. ;) Anyway, it's an atmospheric read, I've always liked Laura and Jacko, and Carmody Braque is a pretty scary villain.

Strangely, I've never read anything else by Margaret Mahy...

Laura Chant is a teen growing up with her divorced mom and younger brother in New Zealand. Laura sees that something is happening to her brother but no one else seems to understand what is going on or what to do about it until Laura meets and gets to know a mysterious boy from school known as Sorry.

A powerful book.