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Spells & Sleeping Bags (Magic in Manhattan #3)
by
Sarah Mlynowski (Goodreads Author)
At long last, Rachel's powers have arrived and she's a bona fide get-your-broom-ready witch! And it's happened just in time. No Manhattan for her this summer—she's spending her vacation at Camp Wood Lake.
But she's having some serious issues:
Mosquitoes in the Adirondacks are incredibly thirsty.
Her stepmom keeps sending embarrassing feminine hygiene care packages.
She acciden...more
But she's having some serious issues:
Mosquitoes in the Adirondacks are incredibly thirsty.
Her stepmom keeps sending embarrassing feminine hygiene care packages.
She acciden...more
Hardcover, 324 pages
Published
June 26th 2007
by Delacorte Books for Young Readers
(first published January 1st 2007)
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This is the third book (but hopefully not the last) in the trilogy. Rachel has finally received her magic and is a full-time witch too!! Rachel's and Miri's parents have sent them to camp for the summer which is great because she'll be around Raf for the whole summer! Once she gets to camp, Rachel makes new friends with her bunk-mates and everything is going great (esp. with Raf!!) Miri, however, isn't so lucky and remains an outcast with the girls in her cabin. However, things start to go wrong...more
Rachel and her sister, Mir, will be spending their summer at Camp Wood Lake. Everything sails peacefully in the beginning, Rachel makes new friends,gets into a relationship with Raf and is having the best time of her life. That is until little by little, obstacles starts flying her way-literally. Liana, Rachel's cousin, is out to get her. She gets all of Rachel's previous friends to back-stab her, steals her boyfriend and sister away from her Liana also blackmails Rachel, forcing them to switch...more
This series is just ADORABLE!
I think I said that with each of the reviews of the other two books, didn't I?
So, starting with the plot. Rachel has discovered that she too is a witch. She FINALLY has her own magical powers, except she's really not so good at it yet. Her spells are a mess and they always backfire -- but at least the ability is there! She knows that she can zap up a new outfit, a love spell, or maybe even a bit of invisibility if the need arises.
Well, now Rachel and her sister Miri...more
I think I said that with each of the reviews of the other two books, didn't I?
So, starting with the plot. Rachel has discovered that she too is a witch. She FINALLY has her own magical powers, except she's really not so good at it yet. Her spells are a mess and they always backfire -- but at least the ability is there! She knows that she can zap up a new outfit, a love spell, or maybe even a bit of invisibility if the need arises.
Well, now Rachel and her sister Miri...more
this book was about rachel, who just became a witch, going to summer camp with her sister. there many emmberresing and enoying stuff happened to her and she didn't know why. apperantly, it was another witch who came there, who is her couzin she didn't even know she had. her cousin, liana, was very nice to rachel's sister - miri - but when miri didn't see she was very mean to rachel. then she made a spell that made miri bielive in her and want to leave her own family. miri did, and rachel was sho...more
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In this book, Miri and Rachel both go to Wood lake sleep away Camp. In the beginning, both Miri and Rachel didn't want to go but then she found out that the boy of her dreams, Raf is going to that camp. She decides to go, even if she has to shower in cold water. In the previous book, Frogs & French Kisses towards the end, Rachel discovers her new powers. In this book, she struggles to have control over her newly broken in powers.Rachel and Miri find out that they have a long lost cousin, Lia...more
Rachel Weinstein has powers! Finally! And she's growing boobs! Err, a boob. Whatever. She's finally catching up to her younger sister. (How bazzackwards does that sound?)
In this third installment of the Magin in Manhattan series, Rachel and Miri are sent to Camp Wood Lake for the summer. While Rachel is making friends with all the girls that share her bunk, Miri is having trouble fitting in. Rachel is desperately seeking the attention of Raf, but every time they're justabouttokiss something dram...more
In this third installment of the Magin in Manhattan series, Rachel and Miri are sent to Camp Wood Lake for the summer. While Rachel is making friends with all the girls that share her bunk, Miri is having trouble fitting in. Rachel is desperately seeking the attention of Raf, but every time they're justabouttokiss something dram...more
This time, Rachael is going to camp, along with her sister, Miri. At first, as she gets onto the bus to the camp, along the way, her sister gets carsickness and barfs all over her shirt. So they get off and go to a nearby bathroom to clean themselves up. As Rachael tries to wash her shirt, she has an idea to use magic in order to clean it. However, her somewhat successful attempt causes the shirts and pants' style to be changed to different colors. When they head back to the bus, it's labeled as...more
The Hidden Secrets of a Witch Family: A book review on Spells and Sleeping Bags
Title of book: Spells and Sleeping Bags
Random House Digital Inc., 2008, 320 pages,$8.99
ISBN #: 0385733887, 9780385733885
By: Sarah Mlynowski
What comes to mind when you hear the words “magic” and “witches”? In Spells and Sleeping Bags, Rachel Weinstein, a sophomore in high school, finds out that she finally receives her witch powers. Confused? Wait, let me clarify. Rachel, Miri, her younger sister, and her mom are...more
Title of book: Spells and Sleeping Bags
Random House Digital Inc., 2008, 320 pages,$8.99
ISBN #: 0385733887, 9780385733885
By: Sarah Mlynowski
What comes to mind when you hear the words “magic” and “witches”? In Spells and Sleeping Bags, Rachel Weinstein, a sophomore in high school, finds out that she finally receives her witch powers. Confused? Wait, let me clarify. Rachel, Miri, her younger sister, and her mom are...more
Wow!!!!I didnt know a WITCH could have a normal life.I loved this book because it had a lot of normal thngs a teenage girl could expirience.Its about a witch who barely gets her powers.When she was going to camp a week or so before she went she barely got her powers.She was happy but sad because she wanted to go out with a guy,but her powers are out of CONTROLL!!!!Can she survive camp?
I know the answer but you're ganna have to read the your self 'cause im not telling.This book could change a g...more
I know the answer but you're ganna have to read the your self 'cause im not telling.This book could change a g...more
I really want to read this book, but i am only guessing what i can give it. If you really want to my friend is reading it, you can try her.
Even though I'm a mom, sometimes it's fun to revert back to my junior high years, give in to my need to be that nerdy little girl and read something that is plain ole fun. Miri and Rachel go to camp where they meet a new person who seems to enjoy giving Rachel, who has come into her magic powers, a really difficult time. The story delves into the feelings of how someone feels when they are ostracized.
There is no educational value, per se, but it's a fun read for 10 year olds and up. A few scenes...more
There is no educational value, per se, but it's a fun read for 10 year olds and up. A few scenes...more
this g=book was "interesting." but it had a good plot...
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Miri and Rachel go to camp and Rachel immediately hits it off with the girls in her bunk (except Liana), enjoying time with Raf and just enjoying the summer now that she is finally a witch. Miri on the other hand is not enjoying herself at all. She doesn't fit in and just isn't enjoying the great outdoors. And then there's Liana, she is a lot more then what she seems.
Another fun and sometimes stressful read. There were some things that I definitely knew were going to happen but for the most par...more
Another fun and sometimes stressful read. There were some things that I definitely knew were going to happen but for the most par...more
More lightweight fun for teen girls with some magic thrown in, this entry in the "Magic in Manhattan" series finds newly minted witch Rachel Weinstein at summer sleepaway camp with her sister, Miri. Rachel immediately makes new friends & has a chance to hook up with her longtime crush, Raf, but everything takes a turn for the worse with the arrival of a new camper who is a little strange & seems out to make Rachel's life even more miserable than she can make it herself. Who is this Liana...more
I think that this book is an okay book. This book is about a teenage witch named Rachel and she finally got her powers. It's summer and Rachel is really excited to be going to camp. She meets a new friend. Her name is Alison but it so happens that during camp Alison was caught smoking and was sent home. This kind of ruined Rachel's summer. Her sister is turning really werid and also because her little sister is not making any new friends. Her magic powers still need training and is not in full c...more
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Nov 26, 2007
Nian
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Girls who dream about having witchy powers
Shelves:
2007
After having been whining about her non-existent powers ever since her little sister Miri got them, Rachel finally discovers that there's magic inside her too. Although, at the moment, her spells aren't exactly that effective, and she has a tiny bit of trouble trying to control her emotions. But none of that really matters, because she's still a witch!
Rachel and her sister are going to camp this year, where the love of her life Raf, is also at. It's the perfect oppurtunity for them to finally r...more
Rachel and her sister are going to camp this year, where the love of her life Raf, is also at. It's the perfect oppurtunity for them to finally r...more
Aug 11, 2007
April
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Junior High/High School
Shelves:
humorousreads,
ya-recommendations
This is the third book (but hopefully not the last) in the trilogy. Rachel has finally received her magic and is a full-time witch too!! Rachel's and Miri's parents have sent them to camp for the summer which is great because she'll be around Raf for the whole summer! Once she gets to camp, Rachel makes new friends with her bunk-mates and everything is going great (esp. with Raf!!) Miri, however, isn't so lucky and remains an outcast with the girls in her cabin. However, things start to go wrong...more
Third book in the Bras and Broomsticks series. Rachel is now a witch in her own right, and she and younger sister Miri are headed off to summer camp where Rachel hopes to attract the attention of a certain cute classmate. She does, but she also has major problems with a cousin she never knew she had. This cousin, also a witch, has decided that she likes Rachel's fairly normal teen life better than her own, and she wants to switch bodies with Rachel. Read the book to see what happens.
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IN spells & sleeping bags by sarah mlynowski starts with hrt packing for camp and she is now also a witch with her sister and mother. SHe found out she has powers on her prom night. She is going to camp and she is in love with the hottest guy in school named Raf. She makes friends with 3 people on the bus to the camp named Alieson, Trishelle and kristen. She finds out that her father and wife( jennifer) are pregnant also.
No wonder why I didn't get most of the story, with their inside jokes and what not. I found myself going, "WHAT?" The entire story. It was the 3rd book! But I still sort of enjoyed this book. With Rachel's flubbers and countless dilemmas, it was fun watching her figure and sort out her problems. I liked watching her overcome the numerous obstacles while getting through camp, so thus the 4-star rating :)
This is the third book in the 'Witch' series . It is by far the best. Rachel goes off to camp with her boyfriend, Raf and her sister, Miri. There, they me her evil cousin, Liana. Liana and Rachel switch bodies and then Liana tries to steal Rachel's family because she has a bad life.
Liana is discovered when she can't solve a math problem that Rachel would have been able to solve. Miri is the one to catch on.
Liana is discovered when she can't solve a math problem that Rachel would have been able to solve. Miri is the one to catch on.
This is the last book of the series of BRAS AND BROOMSTICS. I like the entire series, it kept me in suspense. Rachel(main character) develops her powers entirely in the last book. She experiences many problems with her magic at camp and finds her cousin there too. Her mother is a witch and so is her sister, her sister got the magic powers before Rachel, who is the oldest one.
Reviewed by Taylor Rector for TeensReadToo.com
Rachel has finally gotten her witch powers, but now she is being shipped off to camp, where she can't even practice. But do mom's rules stop her? Of course not!
Rachel gets to camp and has lots of issues. There are mosquitoes everywhere and her new step-mom keeps sending embarrassing personal care products. And the new girl in her bunk is a little weird -- maybe something weird like Rachel???
What will she do and how will she handle Raff, the guy she...more
Rachel has finally gotten her witch powers, but now she is being shipped off to camp, where she can't even practice. But do mom's rules stop her? Of course not!
Rachel gets to camp and has lots of issues. There are mosquitoes everywhere and her new step-mom keeps sending embarrassing personal care products. And the new girl in her bunk is a little weird -- maybe something weird like Rachel???
What will she do and how will she handle Raff, the guy she...more
This book was the best so far in the series in my opinion. Just the right amount of drama, humor, romance, and of course... magic :) I have fallen in love with these characters and the addition of new ones was great! There were twists and turns that I never would have expected and I just loved all the drama that was incorporated that we usually never see with this series. Pretty serious stuff! And of course, as always, the underlying theme of love and family that ties through the previous two bo...more
Another fun installment in the Bras & Broomsticks series. Miri and Rachel are off to camp and all sorts of mishaps. The plot was a bit predictable but the humor and likable characters kept it fun. This is one my cotton candy reads - not much substance but oh so irresistible. I just love these and can't wait to read the next.
The book was good, i liked the magic of it all. Its magic on a normal teenager, a girl who cares a lot about beauty and popularity. i must admit i found her kinda shallow. Towards the end though it got interesting when she found out her nemesis was really a witch and they traded bodies. She got to see what its like to be in someone else's shoes. Her cousin's shoes. I didnt know it was a series though and read it out of order
Jul 27, 2009
Audrey
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Shelves:
comedy,
romance,
all-time-favorites,
books-that-i-own,
fantasy,
liked-it,
teen,
photography
This is definately one of my favorite books! In this book, not only does it have typical teenager or magic a la Miri problems, but also magic a la Rachel and BIG problems. But also it (finally) involves some romance between Rachel and Raf! If you haven't already read this book, you're missing out on a lot.
Wow! This book was interesting, funny, and definitely action-packed! It made me happy, sad, angry, and laughing all at once! The situations that these girls get into is so ridiculous, and I have to put this down as my favorite Magic in Manhattan book. So funny! I have to say, my favorite Magic in Manhattan book!
Ok i may have said this alot, but this is the best book you could ever read, i dont care whats your favorite genre, but if your a human being with good taste read this book (well read the first two then start with this one) BUt the rest ( 1st and 2nd) are in my list! READ THEM!!!
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Sarah is the author of BRAS & BROOMSTICKS, FROGS & FRENCH KISSES, SPELLS & SLEEPING BAGS and PARTIES & POTIONS—all in the YA ‘Magic in Manhattan’ series, as well as GIMME A CALL and the upcoming TEN THINGS WE DID (AND PROBABLY SHOULDN'T HAVE). Along with Lauren Myracle and E. Lockhart, she also wrote HOW TO BE BAD.
Sarah’s five novels for adults, MILKRUN, FISHBOWL, AS SEEN ON TV, MO...more
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