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Power of Two (T*witches)

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Camryn Alicia Barnes - Cam - has a comfortable life in a small Massachusetts town with her wealthy parents and her younger brother. She's never had a worry in her life - except for her strange power to see things before they happen. Alexandra Nicole Fielding - Alex - has lived with her mom in a run-down trailer in rural Montana ever since her dad abandoned them. For Alex and her mom, every day is a struggle to make ends meet. But Alex has always managed - except when it comes to her power to hear other people's thoughts. These two fourteen-year-old girls couldn't be more different. But when the Cam, her parents, and her best friend Beth go on a vacation in Montana, they meet Alex at the amusement park where she works. Both Cam and Alex's friends are startled at their identical appearances - even though the girls themselves refuse to admit that they are anything alike. But when Cam returns home, she has a nagging feeling at the back of her mind that she may be connected to Alex - that they may have been twin sisters separated at birth. A series of mysterious happenings force to girls to confront their pasts in order to discover the secret of their powers - but will they be in time? This book was the first in a thrilling new supernatural series.

Camryn is a normal 14-year-old girl that's just passed through Freshman year. She considers everything about her to be normal excpet for the fact that she sometimes sees things before they happen, bad things that she dosen't want to know. Alex on the other hand has had a tough life. She lives in a trailer with her mother and has to work every day so she can pay for her "house." But the strage thing about her is she can here things that people think and don't say out loud. The only thing they have in common is something very big. THey have the same face. WHen they first meet at a fair they won't admit they look a thing like eachother but when tragedy draws them together they fidn out that they have more than they thought in common. And they may have to work together to save a missing girl.

I found this book to be entertaining. The idea of finding your mysterious double is interesting and Cam and Alex are great charecters. The story was great, and I can't wait until the next one but something was just missing to make it a 5 star book. I reccomend this series to anyone that's a fan of the Circle of Three Series, or the Witches Night out Series.

This seiries is one of my favorites of all time. Funny and witty, the authors posses a special talent to make you like these characters.
If you are looking for a book about Wiccans, I wouldn't reccomend this book. This book is more of a traditional book about witches.
Camryn Barnes and Alexandra Feilding live in oppisite worlds. Alex lives with her single mother in a trailer, and her mother has cancer. Cam lives in a whole other state with her mother, father and brother. Cam is popular and athletic, a pretty girl with a streak of perfection. Alex is punky and sarcastic, and has great friends-all two of them. She has streaks too-blue ones, in her hair!
There are only a few things they share-their face,and their magical powers.
They're twins.
It's quite a shock to them too. When Alex's mother dies, she goes to live with Cam's family. There, in Marble Bay, a teen Britney-like diva called Marleigh Cooper (who's #1 hit song is Whoops Was that Me?) was kidnapped.
It's up to them to use their powers to solve a mystory of Marleigh-and their parents!
I loved this book. It may seem vauge about their parents, but the identity of the parents is supposed to be a mystery. So go read this book!

Fourteen-year-old Camryn "Cam" Barnes, is an all-around good kid. She's intelligent, popular, and comes from a middle-upper class family. But she's hiding something. A bone-chilling secret that would shock even her parents and closest friends. Cam sees things. Things that haven't yet happened, but will. Then you have Alexandra "Alex" Fielding. Fourteen-years-old, punky, sarcastic, and living from her mother's small paycheck in the boondocks, in a dilapidated old trailer. But Alex also has a secret. She hears things. The thoughts inside people's heads. When the two girls - twins, separated at birth - meet at an amusement park, they realize that, by combining their powers, they can do miraculous things, such as saving the lives of a family on a worn-out ferris wheel. Now, back in Cam's hometown, the two girls are trying to solve the mystery of a kidnapped pop star. A mystery that could land the twins on the cover of newspapers nationwide, and put them in danger.

I have owned T*WITCHES: THE POWER OF TWO for quite some time now, but had never gotten a chance to read it. But when I heard that the Disney Channel was making a movie based on the series, I knew that the time was right. Having always been a fan of paranormal phenomena, I found myself deeply engrossed in THE POWER OF TWO from the first page to the very last. Cam and Alex are two very intriguing characters, whose witty banter, and super-powers make them a modern-day Batman and Robin - only female. Overall, this is a marvelous book that has kicked off a thrilling series that tweens and teens alike will enjoy.

Erika Sorocco
Book Review Columnist for The Community Bugle Newspaper

This series may be meant for kids, but I'm 39 and I love it. I review children's books as part of my job, and lot of them are not very interesting to adults. T*Witches is an exception. I have spoken to several of my students, and they love the series too. My intension was to read book one and present it as an option to my class. Instead, I now own the entire set. They are well written, and the cliff hanger endings leave you anticipating the next book.

As identical twins born with magic powers but then separated to keep them safe, Alexandra Fielding and Camryn Barnes have no idea of the other's existence. In terms of personality, they are completely difficult: Alex is sharp and sarcastic; Cam is smart and popular, but each hides a secret: Alex hears the words people think but don't say, while Cam predicts events before they happen. If the two were to meet, their magical potential would be incredible, and predictably, this book chronicles what happens when the twins finally discover each other's existence after a chance encounter at a theme park...

After reading this book, I have one major complaint: the dialogue. I can't seriously believe that anyone in the real world really talks this way: every second word seemed to be slang and "So", "Like" and "Totally" were completely overused. Also: the sub-plot involving the missing pop-star just didn't really add anything and some of the characters (particularly the twins' respective friends) were a little annoying. Anyway, apart from these points, this was a quick, fun read and I think I'll probably read the next instalments in the series if and when they appear in my library. But no, after reading this I was not filled with an overwhelming compulsion to rush out and buy the next book and I don't imagine I'll want to re-read "The Power of Two". I wouldn't think anyone over the age of twelve would find much challenge in reading this, although the teenspeak can take some time to figure out. Older readers interested in Wicca should try Cate Tiernan's "Sweep" series.

~Jenna~

I liked this book. I thought the story was pretty cool. I also don't think you have to be 9-12 years old to enjoy this book. I'm 15 and I liked it. I've learned that it's not about the difficulty of the book but the plot, and it doesn't matter what other people think as long as you like it.

I really enjoyed this book. I found it was really in touch with pop culture, and I could relate to the characters, even though I don't have supernatural powers. Their lifestyles seemd very down to earth and real, right down to the way they speak, and the banter between friends. The mystery was awesome, it kept me guessing, because they'd have you thinking one person was the kidnapper, but, oh, maybe not. Anyway, I don't wanna give away the farm, but I highly recommend this book to anyone who likes supernatural mysteries.

I loved this book and bookseries, I have read every book in the series. I wish it didn't end but I guess everything has an end. I first found out about this series in the June 2001 issue of Disney Adventures Magazine, ya know that lil mini magazine? I still have the ad actually, it's pretty cool. Can't wait for the Disney tv movie that is supposed to be made based on the series.

Pros first. The plot of this series is inevitably fascinating.
Especially for younger readers. Can you think of one girl who hasn't dreamed of somehow stumbling across a lost identical twin? And it gets better, along with your newly found look alike, you both can do some incredible magic. Including reading each others thoughts, mysteriously 'knowing' whats going to happen before it happens, moviing things with your mind and burning things with your eyes.
The fanstacies with this concept alone are endless.

Cons. I was grammaticaly appalled when I read this series.
The point of view changes all the time. The reader can never be quite sure if they are reading Alex's thoughts or Cam's. That alone is a little annoying. However my main problem with these books is all of the slang and acronyms. My God, no one on this earth talks like that. On top of trying to figure out who's talking, you also have to figure out what they're saying. The authors of this book need'nt have stooped to something like that. As J.K. Rowling has proven 6 times over, you won't hurt anyone if you give kids a half way decent piece of literary work.