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Bras & broomsticks
Mlynowski, Sarah.

Publisher:	Delacorte Press,
Pub date:	2005.
Pages:	311 p. ;
ISBN:	0385731817

Holdings
Evanston Public Library Main
		Material	Location
	YA Fiction Mlyno.S	Book	Young Adult Collection - 3rd Floor Loft
Evanston Public Library North
		Material	Location
	YA Fiction Mlyno.S	Book	Young Adult Area
Evanston Public Library South
		Material	Location
	YA Fiction Mlyno.S	Book	Young Adult Area

Summary

Everyone needs a little magic. Especially 14-year-old Rachel. Not only did her younger sister, Miri, inherit her mother's ample bosom (so not fair), it turns out that her little sis is also a witch! Of course, there's a chance that Rachel is a witch too--maybe her powers just haven't kicked in yet. If only they would . . . in the meantime she's got to suffer being a B-lister with a crush on an A-list guy, watch her best friend and social schemer Rosie desert her, and be an unwilling participant in her hapless father's remarriage to STBSM (soon-to-be-stepmonster). Retch. Samantha Stevens? Sabrina? Anyone in Salem home? Rachel Weinstein needs your help! "From the Cassette edition." Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.

Publishers Weekly Review

"This novel about a teenage witch, told from the point of view of her 14-year-old mortal sister, offers plenty of laughs and some deliciously complicated predicaments," according to PW. Ages 12-up. (June) Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information. From: Reed Elsevier Inc. Copyright Reed Business Information

School Library Journal Review

Gr 6-9-Rachel Weinstein, 14, wants many things-she'd love to remain best buds with her newly popular friend Jewel, get a date to the Spring Fling, and stop her dad from marrying her "Soon To Be Step-Monster." When her younger sister, Miri, discovers that she is a witch, Rachel just knows that her dreams are within her grasp. Though the girls' mother warns them that magic can lead to unexpectedly harsh consequences, the sisters secretly come up with plan after plan to stop their father's wedding and help Rachel find popularity. The plot is fairly predictable, but Rachel's cheeky voice and painfully obvious desperation to make her life perfect keep her appealing. The relationship between the sisters is the book's real strength. The pain they feel at watching their father remarry is real, as is the vulnerability they show while trying scary new adult roles. Minor characters, while briefly sketched, seem like real people, though their development is clumsily handled at times, and bends more toward plot needs than true growth. This is a busy book, but winning characters rise above the chaos. A breezy read that is sure to be popular.-Sarah Couri, New York Public Library Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information. From: Reed Elsevier Inc. Copyright Reed Business Information

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Personal Author:	Mlynowski, Sarah.
Title:	Bras & broomsticks / Sarah Mlynowski.
Variant title:	Bras and broomsticks
Publication info:	New York : Delacorte Press, 2005.
Physical descrip:	311 p. ; 22 cm.
Summary:	Living in New York City with her mother and her younger sister, Miri, fourteen-year-old Rachel tries to persuade Miri, who has recently become a witch, to help her become popular at school and to try to stop their divorced father's wedding.
Held by:	ALGONQUIN DESPLAINES DPMOBLIB ELA FREMONT GLENCOE HUNTLEY LAKEFOREST LAKE_VILLA LINCOLNWD MCHENRY NILES NORTHBROOK PARK_RIDGE PRSPCT_HTS ROUND_LAKE WILMETTE WINNETKA ZIONBENTON CRYSTALAKE EPLMAIN EPLNORTH EPLSOUTH GLENVIEW
Children's subject:	Witches--Fiction.
Children's subject:	Sisters--Fiction.
Children's subject:	Weddings--Fiction.
Children's subject:	Fathers and daughters--Fiction.
Children's subject:	High schools--Fiction.
Children's subject:	Schools--Fiction.
Children's subject:	Humorous stories.
Subject term:	Witches--Juvenile fiction.
Subject term:	Sisters--Juvenile fiction.
Subject term:	Weddings--Juvenile fiction.
Subject term:	Fathers and daughters--Juvenile fiction.
Subject term:	High schools--Juvenile fiction.
Subject term:	Schools--Juvenile fiction.
Children's subject:	New York (N.Y.)--Fiction.
Geographic term:	New York (N.Y.)--Juvenile fiction.
Genre index term:	Young adult fiction.
Genre index term:	Humorous fiction.
Control Number:	ocm55765698
ISBN:	0385731817 : $15.95
ISBN:	0385902182
ISBN:	0385731841 (pbk.) : $8.95