By Meg Cabot (author)
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Meg has once again excelled herself. Teenagers everywhere will love the world of Jinx. Named Jinx because all her life she’s never had any luck; nothing goes according to plan, in fact everything goes wrong. So when she heads for New York the bad luck rubs off on all those she meets and in particular Tory whose life has, until now been one long success story and party.
From the #1 bestselling author of the Princess Diaries books comes a spooky, funny, and addictive supernatural novel about a girl named Jinx, so named for her persistent bad luck. Could she actually be a witch?
'Another entertaining, fluffy novel from Meg Cabot that will have appeal to those who like their chick lit mixed with some magic.' KLIATT
Meg Cabot is the author of The Princess Diaries series as well as several other novels for teenagers. Her books have sold millions of copies round the world - and two million in the UK alone.
Cabot was born in Bloomington, Indiana, to college professor C. Victor and Barbara Cabot. In 1991, Cabot received a B.A. from Indiana University.
Meg Cabot married financial writer and poet Benjamin D. Egnatz on April 1, 1993. Their wedding date (April Fool’s Day) was a deliberate play on her husband's belief that only fools get married in the first place. The wedding was actually an elopement in Italy. Her novel Every Boy's Got One is loosely based on her own elopement.
Before she published her first book, Meg worked as an assistant dorm manager at New York University. After living in Indiana, California, New York, and France, she now currently resides in Key West, Florida. with her husband and one-eyed cat, Henrietta.
In May 2006, the Harvard Crimson released reports that 19-year-old author Kaavya Viswanathan borrowed passages from Cabot's Princess Diaries series, and other books, to place in her novel How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild, and Got a Life . Viswanathan's novels were subsequently pulled from the shelves.
Cabot has also written many books for teens, including The Princess Diaries series, which has won many awards, and her recently completed series, The Mediator .
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The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Jinx and determined it is suitable for children aged 13-14 years old
Jinx features in the following genres: Recommended Children's eBooks, Recommendations, Featured Books for 13+ readers
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Jinx was written by Meg Cabot and published by HarperCollins
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