I Am So Jinxed!

by Naomi Nash

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• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0843954051
• ISBN13: 9780843954050
• Release Date: February 2006
• Publisher: Leisure Books
• Length: 198 Pages
• Weight: 0.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 4.3" x 6.8"
• Age Range: 13 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 8 to 12

Customer Reviews

superb teenage character study

Fillmore High School student slick chick Vick is dating hot Gio Carson, but has a new problem to deal with. Last years she was the queen of freaks, but for some weird reason only teens could understand, the in-crowd and other groups want her to join them. Miss congeniality is not her strong suit so popularity be damned Vick is quick to want to return to freak status except that would mean no Gio. Still she figures she could cope if Vice Principal Oostergard would chill and leave her alone instead of nagging her so that she could go back to coasting. New trouble arises when Vick thinks Gio is pulling crap and seeing other girls. She, in turn, meets a new hunk Tyler while her dad is acting weird. Vick knows that she must pull some rabbits out of the hat if she is to get things back to normal, whatever that is when you live in a jinxed world. This superb teenage character study grips the audience because Vick (not Vickie) seems real with her troubles at school, on the street, and at home threatening to overwhelm her. The support cast brings out the best and the worst in Vick as she struggles to gain some equilibrium while her popularity soars amidst her peers, but also causes her woes with adults and her boyfriend. Yong adult readers will fully enjoy this deep look at a high school student who just wants to coast not get involved, but when you're jinxed you are the center of involvement. Ferris move over.

Get enchanted by a savvy street magician...

Vick Marotti has changed. Seriously. She's decided that pretending to put hexes on her fellow classmates was probably not the best idea, and has abandoned her hexy ways by hooking up with Gio Carson. But there's one thing standing in the way of Vick's potential relationship bliss with Gio, and that's...popularity. Why anyone would even want to copy Vick is totally beyond her, but left and right there are imitators trying to steal her style. As if that weren't bad enough, Vick is being invited to various parties, and she can't seem to shake the A-listers, who have decided to take pride in joining Vick at her private lunch table every...single...day. But, believe me, that is so not all. Vick has got way more psycho problems to deal with. Numero uno being that Gio could possibly be cheating on her, and their relationship has just started. But then a new Vice Principal - looking to expose Vick and her secrets - steps into the mix, along with a new boy who has caught Vick's eye, only adding fuel to the fire. Now this savvy street magician needs to put her mind to it, and try to survive a little thing called life. Hold the phone, Naomi Nash has returned with another installment in the life of trendy Vick Marotti, and this one is even better than the last. Vick, as always, is the picture perfect bad girl, looking to settle down for some romance, and avoid the various hangers-on who have decided that she's the new "It" girl - no matter how reluctant she is to accept the terms of that role. Her slippery slang is hilarious, while the various misconceptions about her home life are extremely relatable, and will find readers identifying with the mysterious diva. Nash has got the magic touch, for she has cast an enchanting spell over the YA literary world with Vick Marotti. Erika Sorocco Book Review Columnist for The Community Bugle Newspaper