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After wishing on a magic lamp to trade lives, twelve-year-old television actress Ruby and her biggest fan, Skylar, switch bodies. The tweens are ecstatic to masquerade as each other, but living someone else's life with its own challenges isn't as easy as it looks. Brody's latest evades being a predictable body-swap story thanks to engaging dual narration, swift pacing, and convincing mother-daughter relationships.