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Title details for Jinx by Meg Cabot - Available

Jinx

by Meg Cabot
Amber Sealey
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The only thing Jean Honeychurch hates more than her boring name (not Jean Marie, or Jeanette, just . . . Jean) is her all-too-appropriate nickname, Jinx. Misfortune seems to follow her everywhere she goes–which is why she’s thrilled to be moving in with her aunt and uncle in New York City. Maybe when she’s halfway across the country, Jinx can finally outrun her bad luck. Or at least escape the havoc she’s caused back in her small hometown.
But trouble has definitely followed Jinx to New York. And it’s causing big problems for her cousin Tory, who is not happy to have the family black sheep around. Beautiful, glamorous Tory is hiding a dangerous secret–one that she’s sure Jinx is going to reveal.
Jinx is beginning to realize it isn’t just bad luck she’s been running from. It’s something far more sinister . . . and the curse Jinx has lived under since the day she was born might just be the only thing that can save her life.

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  • Release date

    August 14, 2007

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9780739360965
      • File size: 208959 KB
      • Duration: 07:15:19

  • Languages

    • English

  • Levels

    • ATOS Level: 4.7
    • Lexile® Measure: 760
    • Interest Level: 6-12(MG+)
    • Text Difficulty: 3-4

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      When Jean moves from Iowa to live with family in Manhattan, she hopes the bad luck that earned her the nickname "Jinx" doesn't follow. Unfortunately, even if she could move on, her sophisticated but malicious cousin Tory won't let her. Both girls have magical powers, but there can only be one witch in the family. Amber Sealey develops Jinx from a naïve country girl to a confident witch in this magical story. Sealey is most believable when portraying Tory as a conniving witch with a capital "B." Her voices for the supporting cast of family members, the German au pair, and the cute guy Jinx and Tory fancy are equally believable in this tale of high jinks in a Manhattan high school. M.M.O. (c) AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      July 30, 2007
      Jean, aka Jinx, has been a “bad luck magnet” since the moment she was born, when a freak thunderstorm caused a hospital blackout. Now, due to a vaguely described incident involving a stalker, she has moved from Iowa to stay with her aunt’s family in a ritzy New York City townhouse. Jean’s regular bad luck gets worse thanks to Tory, the snotty cousin who is now her classmate at an exclusive private school. After Jean mysteriously prevents a cute neighbor from a terrible accident, Tory is convinced that Jean is a witch—just like herself, and as proof she dredges up a story their grandmother used to tell about magic in their bloodline. Jean refuses to join Tory’s coven, saying, “I don’t think messing around with magic is such a good thing, you know” (though she soon performs a binding spell to prevent her cousin from hurting the family’s au pair). Tension between the girls rises, causing Tory to ominously declare, “I have a very special thank-you I’ve been saving up, just for Jinx.” With its assurance of a satisfying outcome despite the odds, predictability is a virtue in a Cabot (Princess Diaries
      ) novel, and readers will guess most plot points, including the truth behind the stalking story. Readers will enjoy the premise and the naiveté of the heroine, and they’ll wonder, as Jean does, how much magic is actually at play. The final supernatural showdown proves that Cabot can do harrowing just as well as she does pop romance. Ages 12-up.

    • School Library Journal

      December 1, 2007
      Gr 6-9-Jean Honeychurch hopes to leave her Iowa pastand her nickname, Jinxbehind when she moves to New York City to live with her aunts family and finish her sophomore year in high school. But living in a Manhattan townhouse and attending a ritzy private school with her cousin Tory are not the Cinderella experiences she had anticipated. Glamorous Tory has been dabbling in witchcraft. Not the delightful stuff of Hogwarts, but the pentacle-and-coven variety that may unsettle conservative parents. The plot breezes along fairly predictably, with Torys treachery, the cute boy next door, and a callous coterie. Although Jeans mother is a minister, the girl seems to have no spiritual or religious moorings when confronting evil. Amber Sealeys reading is competent with the ingénue voices, but Torys character is read in one unrelenting smirk. The German au pairs accent is all over the map, and a character from Iowa has an inexplicable Southern accent. Meg Cabot fans may like this tale (HarperTeen, 2007), particularly if they fancy black magic, but others will be impatient with the cardboard characters and uninspired setting.Julie Dahlhauser, Jackson Central-Merry High School, TN

      Copyright 2007 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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Languages

  • English

Levels

  • ATOS Level:4.7
  • Lexile® Measure:760
  • Interest Level:6-12(MG+)
  • Text Difficulty:3-4

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