Witch Twins and Melody Malady [Paperback]

Adele Griffin (Author)

Book Description

Grade Level: 2 and up | Series: Witch Twins

One-star witches Claire and Luna may be identical twins, but on the inside, the sisters are as different as ... dogs and salamanders! When their five-star witch grandmother performs a new spell, the girls are transformed into their animal selves. Luna is delighted to be a puppy; Claire is horrified to discover she's an amphibian! If they learn to use the shape-shifting to help someone, though, the twins will earn their magical spy globes. The girls nearly forget about the spy globes when their stepmother, Fluffy, introduces them to TV star Melody Malady. Claire is immediately starstruck. Luna, on the other hand, is not so terribly impressed with Melody. With a little unsupervised magic-and some hair-raising animal transformations- the girls discover what it really means to be sisters and friends.

Adele Griffin is the author of many acclaimed and award-winning books for children and young adults. She lives in New York City.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 3-6-In this third book in the series, sixth-grade witches Luna and Claire get to live every child's fantasy. Their stepmother, a journalist, has landed an interview with Melody Malady, a young movie and television star, and she arranges for the twins to meet her. Claire, who is Melody's number-one fan, is soon hanging around her, dressing like her idol, and ignoring her sister. In the meantime, Luna befriends Melody's unglamorous twin, Dolores, an avid geologist. The witches must use their newly learned ability to change into animals to help mend a rift between Claire and her stepmother and to save Dolores when she gets lost in Valley Forge National Park. The theme of this story is loving and appreciating your siblings, and it's a little heavy-handed. The characters are a bit flat, but fans of the series will enjoy this offering.
Linda B. Zeilstra, Skokie Public Library, IL
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From Booklist

Gr. 3-6. Sixth-grade witch twins Claire and Luna have a brush with fame in the third book in Griffin's ebullient, quirky series that has a Sabrina, the Teenage Witch feel to it. When their stepmother tells the twins that they will have the chance to meet the young star of The Melody Malady Show while she's filming a movie in Philadelphia, Claire flips, literally, because she and her sister both "love-love-love" Melody. Luna, however, is jealous of Melody, a fire that burns greener still when the celebrity befriends her sister and offers her a part in her movie. Meanwhile, Luna befriends Melody's twin sister, Dolores, a brainy rock hound whom Claire dislikes. Why can't everyone just get along? There's nothing like a dramatic rescue attempt to put relationships in perspective, though, and, with a little magic, all ends well. Younger Sabrina fans will relish this often-amusing story of two sets of ordinary yet extraordinary sisters who have a few tricks up their sleeves. (A small point: the author continuously refers to a salamander as a reptile; it is an amphibian.) Karin Snelson
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Hyperion (August 2, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0786809647
• ISBN-13: 978-0786809646
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5.1 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,300,164 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Look for All You Never Wanted (Random House) coming out in 2012.

Also Tighter is out this spring in paperback. With a really awesome new jacket.

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