Written by meg cabot, audiobook narrated by amber sealey. See all books authored by meg cabot, including the princess diaries, and abandon, and more on. The jinx, an english translation of the 1856 fantasy novella. This detailed literature summary also contains quotes and a free quiz on jinx by meg cabot. As children, tory and jinx were friends, but torys grown selfish and vicious. Jean or jinx as she is called has a habit of finding bad luck wherever she goes. Jinx is a spinetingling tale of magic and mayhem from new york times bestselling author meg cabot. Its about girls who practice magic and dont pay enough attention to the consequences. Sixteenyearold jean jinx honeychurch, the descendant of a witch, must leave iowa to live with relatives in manhattan after the first spell she casts goes awry, but she must improve her skills to stop her cousin from practicing black magic that endangers them and the boy they both like. Get this book free when you sign up for a 30day trial. Armed with a fine arts degree from indiana university, meg moved to new york city, intent upon pursuing a career in freelance illustration.
Her princess diaries series has been published in more than 38 countries an. This book pays serious homage to the movie the craft1999. Now it seems that the jinx thats driven jean crazy may just be the only thing that can save her life. She was a good person, with morals, didnt feel sorry for herself, and had normal reactions to the crazy things happening around her. I remember reading this book shortly after it was released and enjoying it to bits. Young adult to read this book, upload an epub or fb2 file to bookmate.
But, i thought what better way to end a reading slump than with a meg cabot book. Her princess diaries series has been published in more than 38 countries and was made into several hit films by disney. Jinx is beginning to realize it isnt just bad luck shes been running from. Iowa preachers daughter jean known universally as jinx has been shipped off to rich manhattan cousins. Fifteenyearold mia thermopolis, the witty, lovable star of meg cabots the princess diaries, has had it with princess lessons, also known as torture sessions. Pretty much if you like anything else by meg cabot, youll like this. Youll love the character of jinx and plot twists will keep you flipping pages till the end. Meg is still waiting for her real parents, the king and queen, to restore her to. Girl has hidden problem alluded to but not openly discussed, girl sees hot guy who makes her insides melt but doesnt know how to get him to notice her, girl makes a fool of herself trying to get said cute guy. Jean jinx honeychurch is a sixteenyearold girl from iowa. Start a free 30day trial today and get your first audiobook free. It wasnt as funny as some of her other books, such as teen idol and all american girl, but, like every other meg cabot book ive read, it has a wonderful main character.
Get 50% off this audiobook at the audiobooksnow online audio book store and download or stream it right to your computer, smartphone or tablet. Meg cabot wrote a fun book that got me out of a bit of a book slump. This book does contain people using drugs, so it does show how drugs can affect a person. Meg cabot 2 minute recap of the princess diaries duration. Young adult fiction, wealth, witchcraft, cousins, juvenile fiction, paranormal fiction, fiction, schools, high schools, occult fiction, reading levelgrade 7, reading levelgrade 9, reading levelgrade 8, reading levelgrade 11, reading levelgrade 10, reading levelgrade 12. It is a really good book which you should really give a try. She believes she was born with bad luck and since her day of birth in iowa. Jinx has a problem back home in iowa, so she is sent to nyc to live with her cousin torys family in nyc. Of course the fact that shes completely blind to the obvious will have you yelling at the book. Being certain that she was born with bad luck, she goes to stay with her aunt evelyn and uncle ted in manhattan, new york because her exboyfriend is stalking her.
Only then does jinx discover that beneath torys bigcity glamour lies a world of hatred and revenge. A chilling new novel of paranormal romantic suspense from meg cabot in us stores on july 31, 2007. It wasnt just the power failure the night jean honeychurch was born that earned her the nickname jinx. Jinx blackwood novel, 20 childrens novel in a trilogy by sage blackwood, and others by that author jinx cabot novel, 2007 young adult novel by meg cabot. Megs numerous other awardwinning books include the mediator series and the heather wells mystery series. Shell befriend jinx, but only if jinx will practice black magic with. Beautiful, glamorous tory is hiding a dangerous secretone that shes sure jinx is going to reveal. Jean must learn to embrace her magical powers in order to stop a jealous cousin from harming those she loves and she must regain confidence in herself so that she can fall in love again. Jinx compares to a more wholesome version of the film. Would you consider the audio edition of jinx to be better than the print version. Signin to download and listen to this audiobook today. Jinx is the unwanted nickname of a flaming red haired girl named jean, who in her past caused so. It wasnt just the power failure the night jean honeychurch. Listen to jinx by meg cabot available from rakuten kobo.
Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet or mobile phone. Soon jinx realizes it isnt just bad luck shes been running from. In this novel, jinx is an orphan whose stepparents try to abandon him in the urwald, but a wizard comes along and offers to buy jinx instead. The story revolves around a teenage protagonist named jean jinx honeychurch. She received her ba from indiana university and worked as an assistant residence hall director at new york university. Meg is also the author of many other bestselling novels, including airhead, all american girl, how to be popular, jinx, teen idol and the mediator series. Jean, aka jinx, has been a bad luck magnet since the moment she was born, when a freak thunderstorm caused a hospital blackout. Jinx audiobook by meg cabot 9780739356753 rakuten kobo. As a young girl meg whiled away many hours, reading the complete works of jane austen, judy blume, and barbara cartland. Her princess diaries series has sold over sixteen million copies and was made into two hit movies by disney.
Farmfresh and countrysweet, jinx is unprepared for the cynicism, substance abuse and sexual hijinks of bitchy cousin tory. A recent released book called jinx by meg cabot is a spellbinding story about confidents, self esteem, adapting to new settings and getting over your fears. So this book is about a girl named jinx who has a habbit of falling into a lot of troubles. Jinx starts out just about the same as any meg cabot book. She is a sixteenyearold girl who is prone to misfortunes. Now, due to a vaguely described incident involving a st. Jinx by meg cabot published august 30, 2010 fantasy, rac leave a comment tags. Download and read online for free jinx by meg cabot.
Jinx by meg cabot is an excellent and wellwritten read for ages 11 and up. Jinx by meg cabot at the best online ebook storage. Due to this bad luck, she moves in with her aunts family in new york city in order to escape. It was more predictable but just as fun as her other books. The only thing jean honeychurch hates more than her boring name not jean marie, or jeanette, just. I love that the story was about a girl who might or might not be a witch, since that used to be pretty rare until a few years ago. Jinx starts out just about the same as any meg cabot.
Jinx image comics, a graphic novel by brian michael bendis. Written by meg cabot, audiobook narrated by kate reinders. Jinx is a very likeable character, someone that we can all relate to, at least on some level. In addition to writing adult contemporary fiction, she is the author of the bestselling young adult fiction series the princess diaries, which was made into two wildly successful disney movies.
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