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Mirror, Mirror... (Fortune Teller's Club Series)

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Nice book series for my Granddaughter. I was pleased to be able to find all the titles in this series available from one source.

MIRROR, MIRROR.....by Dottie Enderle. I gave my 10-year old granddaughter Joy this wonderful book for her birthday, along with others by Enderle, and she read it in one day. I asked her what it was about. She said a girl named Gena wakes up one morning and when she looks at herself in the mirror, a different girl looks out at her. Gena has been slipping a stray cat into her bedroom at night, and she wonders if there is a connection between her disconcerting experience with the mirror and the cat, and if she will ever be able to see herself again.

What would you do? Apparently Gena's dilemma whetted Joy's interest because while she read this book, she did not come up for air (all day yesterday), and I noticed she had started a new Enderle book this morning. Now grandma has a winner with this author, and as this book is part of a series (The Fortune Tellers Club) there are more books where that came from.
This should keep her occupied for at least a week during the long hot summer vacation.

Told from the perspective of scaredy-cat tomboy Gena Richmond, Mirror, Mirror... is book 6 is the Fortune Tellers Club series by Dotti Enderle. The Fortune Tellers Club is a delightful series by professional storyteller Dotti Enderle. This series, geared towards ages 9-12, features three best friends--Juniper Lynch, Anne Donovan, and Gena Richmond--who use divination to solve mysteries, explain relationships, and understand life experiences.

Gena wakes up one morning to find someone else staring back at her in the mirror! Who is the pig-tailed girl with the plaid skirt, starched white shirt, and furry unibrow?

At first, fellow members of the FTC disbelieve Gena. That is, until they see the reflection of the mystery girl for themselves! Gena has to avoid shiny toasters and reflective surfaces in order to hide this mirrored anomaly from her Dad's girlfriend, Rachael. Even worse, Rachael has invited Gena to a formal dinner-and this means shopping for a fancy dress amidst tons of mirrors!

The stray cat she's recently adopted comforts Gena, but does this kitty with mis-matched eyes hold any clues to the mysterious girl in the mirror? Using divination methods such as Ouija, tea leaf reading, and mirror scrying, Gena, Anne, and Juniper try to get to the bottom of Ms. Pigtails.

Interestingly, I found this on par with the first book of the series (The Lost Girl). Suffering from flat characters and a bland plot, the ending did not really explain what happened with the mirror switch--or why.

Actually, Gina doesn't go into the glass but she does see something strange in it. Or make that someone. The mystery in MIRROR, MIRROR... is "who's the girl in the glass?" Though lighter in family secrets than the last three FORTUNE TELLERS CLUB books, this one still delivers an interesting tale with style and tension. Who is the strange girl? How is she connected to a house-breaking cat? IS the FORTUNE TELLERS CLUB free of the Snotty Twins? And is someone finally going to see Gina in a dress? These secrets and more await the reader who's not afraid to take a peek in the looking glass.