THE CHANGEOVER

Saskia Maarleveld's new performance of Mahy's Carnegie Medal-winning novel, originally published in 1984, will enthrall listeners. Laura Chant is desperate to save her younger brother from the hands of a horrifying vampiric villain. Fourteen-year-old Laura doesn't act on the warning she feels before Carmody Braque fixates on her younger brother, Jacko. Only she realizes what is happening to Jacko, and her drive to help her fading brother leads her to ask the dark and enticing Sorenson Carlisle for help. While Sorry and his family of witches offer her the only potential solution to combat the spell draining her brother, Laura will have to decide whether and how she wants to change the course of her life. Maarleveld's diction, accents, and range of emotion do justice to the story. A timeless combination of coming-of-age, fantasy, and romance. [Published: JANUARY 2026]