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Name of book: Jinx

Author: Meg Cabot

No. of pages: 254

Summary of book: This book is about a girl called Jinx who is originally from Iowa, America but then she moves to New York to live with her Aunt and Uncle and their family because she is being stalked by her old boyfriend. Jinx, whos real name is Jean, is so-called because anything that she does turns really bad. Jean's Aunt has three children Tory, Teddy and Alice. The family had been to visit Jean and her family in Iowa five years ago and she hadn't seen them since. Her eldest cousin Tory, used to be a plain, simple girl just like her five years ago but when Jean arrived(one day early, and not met by her Aunt)got a taxi to their house and fell up the steps and was then met by the family's housekeeper, Petra. When she seen Tory, she and her friends were out in the garden in the gazebo smoking. Jean went out to it to find Tory completly changed, a goth, who wore heavy eyeliner and and pale make-up. The next day Jean meets her neighbour Zack, who her cousin Tory has liked forever, but they never went out. After they finished talking Zack was going on to the footpath when a bike came and almost hit him but Jean pushed him out of the way before it hit him. That night Tory goes into Jean's room with a shoebox and takes out a doll which resembles Zack. Tory tells her that it is supposed to be a magic doll that will make Zack fall in love with her. It had Tory's hair and Zacks hair on its head. Zack and Jean get to be close friends and Tory gets jealous of their relationship. Tory starts doing more magic on Petra and "curses" her. Jean goes to a magic shop in New York and asks the shop owner, Lisa, how to stop Tory doing magic. Jean casts a binding spell and stops Tory doing magic. A few dats later, Tory's boyfriend, Robert, gets expelled from school and Tory blames Jean for it.  Later that day when Jean is going to her locker she sees  big group of people around it. There was a big, dead rat hangigng from it. Jean knows it was just revenge from Tory for getting Robert expelled. Tory's parents are angry at her and they decide that she needs help. She goes to a psycharaist and she gets better and is happy and apologises to Jean for all the trouble she caused. The prom is coming up and Tory brings Jean shopping for a dress as a sorry present. Jean accecpts and Tory picks out a beautiful, sleek, black dress for Jean. Tory buys a lovely white one and Jean wonders why because Tory told her that everyone wears black.  Zack asks would Jean go with him and she does and Tory says that she is going by herself. When they arrive Tory runs off by herself. A few minutes later Tory comes over with a boy. It turns out it was the boy that was stalking Jean. She gets mad and goes home. In the end Jean admits that she loves Zack and Tory gets better.