A teenage girl is pulled into investigating the truth behind her new boarding school's decades-old legend, in this debut speculative mystery by Tomi Oyemakinde. Just because they let you in . . . it doesn't mean they'll let you out. When Ife joins Nithercott School through its prestigious Urban Achievers Program, she knows immediately that she doesn't fit. Wandering its echoing halls, she must fend off cruel taunts from the students and condescending attitudes from the teachers. When she finds herself thrown into detention ...
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A teenage girl is pulled into investigating the truth behind her new boarding school's decades-old legend, in this debut speculative mystery by Tomi Oyemakinde. Just because they let you in . . . it doesn't mean they'll let you out. When Ife joins Nithercott School through its prestigious Urban Achievers Program, she knows immediately that she doesn't fit. Wandering its echoing halls, she must fend off cruel taunts from the students and condescending attitudes from the teachers. When she finds herself thrown into detention for the foreseeable future, she strikes up an unlikely alliance with Ben, a troublemaker with an annoyingly cute smile. They've both got reasons to want to get out of Nithercott - Ben's brother is missing, and no one seems to be bothering to find him. For Ife, it's just another strange element of this school that doesn't care about its students. But as more and more people start going missing, including one of Ife's only friends, she starts to feel haunted. Who is the figure she's started seeing in the shadowy halls, who looks mysteriously like herself? And is there any truth in to the strange urban legend that travels the school like mist . . . the legend of the Changing Man? 'The Changing Man is compulsively readable and utterly thrilling . . . Tomi Oyemakinde is an exciting new voice' - Katherine Webber, author of Twin Crowns
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Ife isn't excited to attend a prestigious boarding school. The tuition isn't affordable for her parents. She is there because of the Urban Achievers scholarship program. The Changing Man is a decades-old legend of the school that Ife begins to seriously wonder about when another student starts acting strangely. Another classmate's brother is missing. Is there a connection to the Changing Man? Is the legend true? Ife and two other classmates team up to find out before there are other victims.
THE CHANGING MAN caught my eye as a promising YA speculative thriller read. I liked the premise and the story overall, however the pacing felt inconsistent so I had trouble holding interest at times. There was a lot of boarding school drama included that I kept wanting to get past to get to the thriller/mystery part of the story. Ultimately, this made the ending feel a bit underwhelming.
The concept of THE CHANGING MAN was interesting, though the execution didn't exactly work for me. I'd still recommend it to others who find the synopsis intriguing as it may be a better fit for them. I'd be interested in checking out future works by the author.
