Chapter 1 Summary

Freaky Friday by Mary Rodgers is a short novel about a young girl who wakes one Friday morning to find she has been switched from her own body to her mother's. At first it seems fun, like some sort of magic game, a chance to prove to her mother that she can handle adult responsibilities. However, a near tragedy leads her to an understanding that only spending a day in her mother's shoes could bring.

Annabel Andrews has just woken up inside her mother's body. Annabel is not surprised, though she knows no one will ever believe her. Annabel introduces the reader to her family. Her brother, Ben, she calls Ape Face because he is six-year-old perfection and she hates him. Her father, Bill, is an advertising executive who does a lot of work for an environmentally-conscious laundry detergent company. Then there is...