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Freaky Friday (Cascades)

Mary Rodgers

  • 145 pages · about 2 hours
  • First published 1972
  • 38 editions
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1 About this book

Thirteen-year-old Hadley begins to better understand her teacher and herself when she has to spend a day in her teacher's body.

Good for readers who want: fantasy, humor, and a short read.

  • Teacher-student relationships
  • Fantasy
  • Humor
  • Children's fiction
  • Mothers and daughters
  • Schools
  • Self-perception
  • Teenage girls

2 About Mary Rodgers

1931–2014

Mary Rodgers (January 11, 1931 – June 26, 2014) was an American composer, screenwriter, and author. She wrote the 1972 novel Freaky Friday, which served as the basis of a 1976 film starring Jodie Foster, for which she wrote the screenplay, as well as three other versions. Her best-known musicals were Once Upon a Mattress and The Mad Show, and she contributed songs to Marlo Thomas' successful 1972 children's album Free to Be... You and Me.

Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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