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Competition's a Witch

di Kelly McClymer

Serie: Salem Witch (2)

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Prudence Stewart is finally starting to get her witch on. It's been a month since her parents decided to give their magic-deficient daughter a crash course in enchantment by enrolling her in Agatha's Day School for Witches. And sure, Pru's still stuck in Magic for Dummies -- but at least she made the cheerleading squad. Now Prudence has a bigger problem...she walks, talks, and cheers like a mortal. And she's deathly afraid the other witches will catch on. So she vows to give up her old earthly ways: no cell phone, no car, and above all, no dating mortal boys. There's just one hitch to the sitch: Angelo, the megacute mortal-next-door. When he and Prudence meet, sparks fly -- no magic necessary. And breaking Angelo's spell turns out to be the hardest trick of all.… (altro)
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Prudence and her family have moved from sunny California to Salem, Massachusetts. When we last left Pru, she had settled into her new school, Agatha's Day School for Witches. Thankfully, she had made the school's cheerleading squad, but she is forbidden to cheer against other witch schools. Prudence had grown up unaware that her mother was a witch. With a drastic decision, her parents moved back to Salem so that Prudence and her brother could begin proper witch education to learn about their powers.

It seemed to take forever, but Prudence managed to make the team; however, until she passes her remedial magic classes, she's stuck on the sidelines. This is terribly not KEWL (Prudence's term). Prudence is DETERMINED to conquer remedial magic and get back into the normal classes. If she can accomplish that, she may just fit into her new school after all.

Her mom enlists the aid of Uncle Seamus for tutoring sessions. Also, her "sort of friend" Samuel assists in extra tutoring lessons. Prudence is determined to give up all her mortal ways to speed her education along. But her next door neighbor adds an extra glitch to the equation. Angelo is simply gorgeous. Angelo is so hot that Prudence's rival, Tara, wants to get to know him.

Trying to fit in with the rest of the girls at school, Prudence and her mother plan a Sweet Sixteen party. Trying out her newfound magic, Prudence creates magical invitations. Magical for everyone but Angelo, that is. Having mortal neighbors makes practicing her magic that much harder.

Finally achieving her goal, Prudence can now concentrate solely on her cheerleading. The coach is positive that Prudence can take them all the way to Nationals. Before leaving her California school, Pru was the head cheerleader and her team had won the National title. But cheering in the air rather than on the ground is a whole different skill set. The remainder of the story builds up to a chaotic cheering competition that no mortal could handle!

Prudence goes through ups and downs trying to adjust to a life that she's never known before. Her younger brother has an aptitude for magic that she just can't comprehend. Through her family and friends, Pru slowly begins to realize her potential. Hiding her other life from her next-door neighbor keeps things interesting and amusing.

Ms. McClymer writes a fun look at what high school might be like for a mortal finding out that they've been a witch all along. COMPETITIONS'S A WITCH is the second novel in the series. It picks up where SALEM WITCH TRYOUTS leaves off, and leaves the story wide open for the continuation of SHE'S A WITCH GIRL. The story will have special appeal for the cheerleader in all of us. You'll be rooting for Prudence to come out on top! ( )
  GeniusJen | Oct 10, 2009 |
In book one of this series, The Salem Witch Tryouts, Prudence Stewart was moved from Beverly Hills to Salem Massachusetts. Now one month later and sure, Pru's still stuck in Magic for Dummies -- but at least she made the cheerleading squad.

Now Pru has to work even harder on becoming just like her new witch friends. Not only does she have to cram for testing out of remedial magic but she has to learn to cheer with magic while hoping no one on the team catches on that she’s not up to their standards and convince the team to learn how cheer like mortals so they win the regional cheer competition. To make things worse she’s just met the mortal hottie next door and whenever he’s around she can’t focus on anything but him.

I have to say that as much as I loved book one, I just didn’t feel the same about this book. The storyline didn’t have the same pull as the first one. It felt to me like this book could have been condensed into a chapter of book one without losing anything. I plan on finishing the series with book three so I hope it get’s better. ( )
  24girl | Oct 19, 2008 |
Sequel to Salem Witch Tryouts. Pru must now get her cheerleading team used to not using their magic to enhance their performance so they can compete in Nationals against her old team. She also meets a new human boy that she has a crush on. ( )
  chibimajo | Apr 1, 2008 |
Prudence Stewart's life should be looking up now that she finally made the cheerleading squad, but she's still stuck in remedial magic - and it looks like she's likely to stay there since she ticked off principal and headwitch Agatha by making out with her greatgrandson in a time bubble. Oops. Not to mention that she still thinks about things in a 'mortal' way, which cuts way down on her 'kewlness' factor, and the other cheerleaders couldn't be bothered with the 'dirt-shuffling' moves needed to win a cheerleading competition.

Now when Pru needs to spend all of her time practicing and renouncing all things mortal in order to test out of remedial magic, the busybody neighbor drops by - with her drop-dead gorgeous mortal son. And Angelo wreaks havoc with all of her social (and academic) plans...

In this sequel to The Salem Witch Tryouts, Pru is mildly less obnoxious. She doesn't completely disavow her 'fringie' friends in hopes of becoming cool...and she does feel bad for relegating the only people that have tried to help her to the sidelines...a little.

Mostly she spends her time whining about how she's never failed anything, and how her cheerleading team refuses to act like a team. It strikes the wrong chord given how out for her own good Pru is, and it's hard to feel sorry for her when so much of the 'action' is the same. She tries to impress her teammates that they need to be a team. They ignore her. At least four or five times. Like in the other one, the time period examined seemed too short, and the focus on cheerleading pretty much to the detriment of anything magical means the book loses whatever originality the setting gave it. Nothing new in terms of spells or problems, really. This one just doesn't really move forward.

Not as openly obnoxious as the first, the author has toned down Pru's selfishness and she vaguely realizes that 'fringies' are people too. But this is rather dull fare, nonetheless. ( )
  Caramellunacy | Jan 28, 2008 |
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Prudence Stewart is finally starting to get her witch on. It's been a month since her parents decided to give their magic-deficient daughter a crash course in enchantment by enrolling her in Agatha's Day School for Witches. And sure, Pru's still stuck in Magic for Dummies -- but at least she made the cheerleading squad. Now Prudence has a bigger problem...she walks, talks, and cheers like a mortal. And she's deathly afraid the other witches will catch on. So she vows to give up her old earthly ways: no cell phone, no car, and above all, no dating mortal boys. There's just one hitch to the sitch: Angelo, the megacute mortal-next-door. When he and Prudence meet, sparks fly -- no magic necessary. And breaking Angelo's spell turns out to be the hardest trick of all.

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