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Genny in a Bottle #1

by Kristen Kemp

Genny, who has been a thirteen-year-old genie for over a thousand years, has now taken on the case of Nadia, the new girl in town who wants to date the boy of her dreams, but the only problem is that he is a lot like the boy of Genny's dreams.

Genres: Fiction, Childrens, Fantasy

154 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 2001

About the author

I write. I edit. I blog. I create community projects for my creative, awesome town of Montclair, NJ.

I've written seven teen novels for Scholastic including Breakfast at Bloomingdale's. I've recently written for glossies such as Modern Bride. I currently post 17 articles per week for CafeMom.com, and I do everything for my website, MontclairKids.com, and for my suburban writing retreat center, WritersLoft.org. I teach professional, intensive fiction and non-fiction classes in New York City and NJ as well.

-Kristen Kemp

Reviews

[Arie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Absolutely adored these books when I was 11/12. Not sure if they're actually any good but I'm simply going by my childhood ratings, which are along the lines of "these books are soooo good i love them omg"

[Katelyn · Rating 1 out of 5]

Loved it as a child, did not particularly enjoy re-reading it as an adult. Wish Genny had gotten more character development, but then again I never picked up the rest of the series.

[Elise · Rating 5 out of 5]

An enjoyable read about the seventh grade life of 13 year old Nadia. She was trying to fit in, and with the help of a genie she has for a month, she gets a new wardrobe and changes her makeup regime, as well as makes some new friends. It felt more like they were in high school than middle school though.

I recently reread this book and thought genny was just as bad as the popular girls for falling for Nadia’s crush, and that the crush was such a nice guy for Nadia, and I’m glad it worked out in the end

[Millie · Rating 5 out of 5]

i thought it was a really good book. it is very helpful for teenage girls because it's very relatable and easy to understand

[Morgan Allen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good book!!

[Nicole]

Ho do you read the books

[Ash · Rating 4 out of 5]

I haven't read these books since I was like 12, but I used to check them out from the library all the time. They were so cheesy, but at that age, I didn't really care.