Body Swap

The world’s first text message adventure romance with the other side!William is thirteen and has recently moved to a town called Fulton with his parents. His sister Estelle died accidentally a year ago, and his mother is in deep grief. In his new hometown, William meets Pat, a boy who loves big words and is in need of company. Out of the blue, William receives a text message from the mobile phone of an unknown sender called Stephanie asking for help. The two boys are at first astonished, then dubious, when in a flurry of text messages Stephanie tells them she is in a coma at a nearby hospital. She says she is floating outside her body and needs their help to get back into it.Initially incredulous, William and Pat become intrigued and decide to check whether Stephanie is telling the truth. They manage to trace the hospital and gain admission into the Intensive Care Unit, where sure enough they find Stephanie in coma. At their wits’ end about how to do as Stephanie asks the two friends call on a female psychic called Doris to help them get Stephanie back into her body. A disastrous mix up occurs, however, and William ends up trapped in Stephanie’s body and shut out of his own. In Stephanie’s body, William experiences difficult and sometimes comedic situations. He learns about things girls have to live with, from unwelcome approaches, to bras and high heels. The situation becomes even more desperate when Pat falls in love with Stephanie!William and Pat elaborate a scheme for getting William and Stephanie back into their respective bodies, but timing is crucial and time is running out. The boys confront awesome challenges and meet with an unexpected enemy, and discover at the same time the secret behind Estelle’s death.

About the Author

Jerome Parisse was born in France, where he developed a love for language, literature and good food. In his early thirties, he moved to Australia where he is now based. Jerome has always been interested in the world of theatre. He studied acting in Sydney and Paris and has performed in Australia and in France. Jerome is also a successful playwright, having had many plays produced in Australia, America, Malaysia, the UK and Singapore. One of his plays, Love and Light, has been produced more than ten times times and performed more than fifty times in five countries. Jerome can speak several languages, including Australian Sign Language, in which he performs on a regular basis. He is deeply involved with the deaf community in Sydney. One of his plays, My Sister's Choice, was written for both hearing and deaf audiences and involves spoken English and Sign Language. Jerome writes the kind of stories he enjoys reading, fast paced adventures in which his characters struggle with identity, feelings and difficult choices. He writes in English and in French.

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