You Are So Cursed! [Mass Market Paperback]

Naomi Nash (Author)

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 12 and up
  
• Mass Market Paperback: 198 pages
• Publisher: Smooch (March 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0843953101
• ISBN-13: 978-0843953107
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,698,399 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I am SO happy I bought this book for my daughter, March 18, 2004

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LA Monster (LA, of course) - See all my reviews

This review is from: You Are So Cursed! (Mass Market Paperback)

I saw this on the shelf at the store and read the back cover. I thought it would appeal to my 15 year old daughter who is going through a "stage." I gave it to her and she gave me back a dirty look. Then, that night, I heard laughter from her bedroom and I could tell her TV wasn't on. I went in and asked her what was so funny. She was giggling and pointing at the book.

She gave it to me the next day. It was the first time I ever saw her read a book in one sitting. I started to read it and I finished it last night with a big smile on my face.

There are lessons learned in this book, ones I've taught my daughter and ones that most kids and adults alike should learn. But they are not heavy handed. Instead, Ms. Nash is so clever in her writing that I was caught up in the story (which is a rarity for kids books as any parent will tell you). And it is just plain funny. I just wonder how Ms. Nash met my daughter because she sure got it right.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fun New Teen Fiction Novel, February 26, 2004

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Erika Sorocco (Southern California, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: You Are So Cursed! (Mass Market Paperback)

Vicki Marotti is sick of being misunderstood by her Vice Prinicipal, and thought of as strange by the little jocks and cheerleaders at school. So she comes up with something. She begins announcing throughout school that she is a fantastic street magician, and that whoever harasses either her, or her friends, will have a hex put on them. Everything is going great, that is, until a cute upperclassman, Gio Carson, figures out the truth about Vicki, and her so-called "magic." After all, her little curses are nothing but a lot of smoke, and some mirrors. Now Vicki's unsure whether cute Gio will tell the entire school her secret, or if he'll keep it locked up inside himself, shared only with Vicki herself.

Being a fan of the previous books in the SmoochYA series, I was eagerly anticipating the release of YOU ARE SO CURSED! I was not disappointed at all. Naomi Nash is a fantastic author, who has created a fun, yet different type of teen character, in Vicki Marotti. While much of the book does deal with Vicki's obsession with convincing the meatheads, and prom queens that she really does have magic powers, and that she will hex all of them if they keep up their harassment, it also has many different important life-lesson undertones. The biggest one being how to tell the difference between true friends, and phonies. A must-have.

Erika Sorocco

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A clever story that doesn't sell teenagers short., June 1, 2004

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Raymond Johnson (Chicago, IL United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: You Are So Cursed! (Mass Market Paperback)

Naomi Nash does an excellent job of channeling the mind of a wannabe teenage witch Vicki in this hilarious novel that unfortunately won't last a weekend -- you'll find yourself reading to the end without watching the clock or even bothering to take care of those pesky bodily functions like eating, showering, and sleeping. I was impressed with how well the narrative flows through her eyes, piecing together the puzzles of magic tricks and high school friendships and romance in a way that constantly engages the reader as we experience everything through her eyes. My only complaint is that there wasn't more of these characters!