Knock on Wood

Sabrina the Teenage Witch #33

by John Vornholt

Spellbinding superstitions! After the Westbridge High football team wins an amazing two games in a row, the whole team becomes superstitious. But the teammates take things a little too far by refusing to shower or change their socks and underwear, thinking it will bring them more good luck. Sabrina and Dreama ask Principal Kraft to curb the boys¹ bad hygiene, but he thinks that if the football team continues to win, they can be as smelly as they want to be! So Sabrina and Dreama decide to teach the guys a lesson to show them how silly it is to be superstitious. But their plan backfires. Can Sabrina fix the problem or will the people of Westbridge have to be forever wary of breaking mirrors and walking under ladders?

Genres: Witches, Fantasy, Young Adult, Urban Fantasy, Childrens

128 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 2000

About the author

John Vornholt also writes as Caroline Goode.

Reviews

[Madeleine Knutsson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Jag gillar Dreama, skönt att det inte bara är Sabrina som gör misstag. Hoppas verkligen att det finns mer böcker med Sabrina och Dreama för jag tyckte det var ett roligt och intressant team

[Terese]

No.2 of 3 in my Sabrina books find at a rummage sale.

I breezed through this in about an hour, again it is for much much younger people than me, but it was still fun. Mostly what it made me realize was what a great time this was for writers-for-hire. You’d get paid to write a 120 page Sabrina book (which is like what 60 or so pages in Word?) and they’d have premises like “ok, what if the football team stop showering and changing their underwear? And … go!”

I just love it. It is so cheesy and hammy, but it works, because it isn’t taken too seriously. It’s like watching Charmed and they go, “hey, how about PMS-werewolves!” And you know an entire room of adults signed off on that and invested money into that story. It’s just kind of amazing.

So, one more book to go in this nostalgia journey, then I hope I find someone to give these books to. Present day Sabrina is a lot more edgy though, so sadly, the younger audiences it was originally written for are no longer suited for this kind of wacky fun.

[Thrifty Geek · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was pure nostalgia, and a sweet quick read I needed. I found it funny after owning it for around possibly twenty years I find a misspelling when it should read pour instead of poor. It was fun revisiting this version. My only wondering is if some of the way Sabrina talks in the book matches how she'd talk in the show. There were a couple words that I can't remember if that was the way Sabrina actually used like "sweetie" and "girl".

[Alex · Rating 3 out of 5]

This one was cute, even though I'm not a fan of Dreama or Brad.

[Lauren · Rating 3 out of 5]

I loved all of the Sabrina tales full of magic. Every story was a different adventure and some new and exciting challenge to overcome. These books made me want to have magical powers too but the ending results were hilarious.

[Lonely Panda · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not the best one of the series... But still entertaining.

[Lena Nieke]

good

[Sella Malin · Rating 1 out of 5]

I used to love this T.V. show, along with the books.. now I don't care for both much anymore.