A.S. King has had a strained relationship with time her whole life. When she was 14, she threw her watch in a public trash can.
Fast forward a few decades, and time has suddenly frozen on June 23, 2020, in Kingâs latest book âSwitch.â Itâs the 13th novel from the Lititz-based author.Â
Though the Lititz-based author wrote the book before the pandemic, the surreal feeling of time stopping has, strangely enough, become extremely relatable due to COVID-19.
âSwitchâ centers on the javelin-throwing prodigy Truda Becker as she plans to help fix the world, and her familyâs problems.Â
Kingâs previous book âDigâ received the Michael L. Printz Award, which honors the best book for teens. The prolific author says her goal, since she decided to be a writer at age 14, was to write stories that could be enjoyed by both teens and adults â and help teens better understand adults and vice versa. And sheâs successfully accomplished t