Teacher's Pet

Salem's Tails #2

by Patricia Barnes-Svarney

When Salem is accidentally trapped inside Sabrina's backpack, he must pass the ultimate test: getting through a day of high school. Everything's going fine until suddenly he loses Sabrina in a crowded hallway.

Genres: Childrens, Magic, Fantasy

96 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published October 1, 1998

About the author

First I must appologize to my family for being the kid who always asked "Why?" But that one word asked many times led me to science and writing--especially in the physical sciences. And all of that led me to have quite an wide range of other writing topics--from weather in Antarctica to the many facets of Forensic Science. Yes, I've always been "the geek next door"... and with more than three dozen books to my credit (mostly on science), no one questions my geekiness anymore!

The latest book is from Visible Ink Press--The Handy Forensic Science Answer Book. Thomas Svarney is my co-author, and is one heck of a researcher. (He also has a science background, so we can discuss the mechanics of the climate without scratching our heads in puzzlement...Well, within reason!) The book was interesting to put together and we learned a great deal about forensics. It was especially fun since the subject includes so many different sciences.

Reviews

[James Crawford · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is for the pre-teen group who like Sabrina: The Teenage Witch. In the story Salem ends up in Sabrina's school backpack and thus ends up in school with her. Sabrina has school to deal with, of course, but is also studying for her witch's license so she's been pretty busy.

Salem is supposed to stay in the bag during the day but that obviously is not going to happen. Things go fairly well for him until he gets separated from Sabrina and has to deal with tryng to find her and avoid the other students.

Things go downhill for Salem rather quickly and there's a question of whether or not he will ever find her or get back to their home.

It's actually a cute story and we can see that Salem basically overestimates how he can handle things and underestimates how much Sabrina has to handle in her own life.