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Salem Witch #2
Competition's a Witch
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.
256 pages, Paperback
First published April 1, 2007
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About the author
Kelly McClymer
53 books202 followersUSA Today bestselling author Kelly McClymer writes fairytale-inspired romances set in Victorian England (although a few characters escape to the United States), fairytale fantasy, and mom-inspired mystery.
Kelly shares her characters’ family values: she grew up with three younger sisters and has successfully raised three children of her own. She enjoys spending time with her grandchildren.
Kelly’s first published writing was for her high school newspaper and she’s been writing fiction in many forms ever since. While she explores many genres including historical romance, mystery, young adult, and fantasy, her stories share common themes: developing inner strength, the power of love in all it’s forms, triumph of good over evil, and the strength of family connection.
Kelly shares her characters’ family values: she grew up with three younger sisters and has successfully raised three children of her own. She enjoys spending time with her grandchildren.
Kelly’s first published writing was for her high school newspaper and she’s been writing fiction in many forms ever since. While she explores many genres including historical romance, mystery, young adult, and fantasy, her stories share common themes: developing inner strength, the power of love in all it’s forms, triumph of good over evil, and the strength of family connection.
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March 3, 2019
Meh...but I'm a completest so I will read the 3rd and last book too.
July 25, 2020
Meh, it dragged too much in the middle for my taste. The first and third books were far superior. I feel like I could have easily enjoyed the trilogy even without reading the second book.
October 20, 2020
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November 17, 2012
Reviewed by Jaglvr for TeensReadToo.com
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!
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!
February 10, 2008
I love books about witchcraft. Like, real witchy magic, not Wiccan stuff where there’s a lot of chanting and protection spells. (Try the Circle of Three series if that’s what you want.) So of course I liked this book. The main character, Prudence (her name is so similar to that girl in Charmed!—one of my all time favorite TV series) is a witch-in-training. She’s trying to get out of remedial magic classes and get rid of her mortal ways (like calling for pizza delivery instead of just zapping up some food) as well as win a cheerleading competition. Or, at least, get her team committed enough to want to win.
The only complaint I have is how repetitive the book is. You can’t get past one chapter without having heard Prudence complain about her mortal instincts, how much of a loser she is, or how she’s never going to get her team motivated enough to win the Regionals. I get the whole emphasizing the points thing, but to remind the reader every other page of the story is stretching it too far. It’s just not fun when all your main character does is whine, whine, and whine. It gets irritating, not to mention boring.
As well, it’s kind of nauseating how hard Pru tries to fit in with her crowd. She already has her real friends, but she’s trying so hard to get her cheerleading teammates to like her. She tries and tries and fails. I like the whole message about not giving up and everything, but it also sends out the other message—to me, anyway—that it’s okay to ditch your friends to impress others who don’t actually care. Not at first, anyway. And that clarifies at the end, but it’s also irritating how far one can go to join the popular crowd. Especially after so many failed attempts. Sigh. Hope the next one is better.
The only complaint I have is how repetitive the book is. You can’t get past one chapter without having heard Prudence complain about her mortal instincts, how much of a loser she is, or how she’s never going to get her team motivated enough to win the Regionals. I get the whole emphasizing the points thing, but to remind the reader every other page of the story is stretching it too far. It’s just not fun when all your main character does is whine, whine, and whine. It gets irritating, not to mention boring.
As well, it’s kind of nauseating how hard Pru tries to fit in with her crowd. She already has her real friends, but she’s trying so hard to get her cheerleading teammates to like her. She tries and tries and fails. I like the whole message about not giving up and everything, but it also sends out the other message—to me, anyway—that it’s okay to ditch your friends to impress others who don’t actually care. Not at first, anyway. And that clarifies at the end, but it’s also irritating how far one can go to join the popular crowd. Especially after so many failed attempts. Sigh. Hope the next one is better.
June 8, 2009
Prudence had settled into her new school, Agatha's Day School for Witches. She had managed to make the school's cheerleading squad, but she is forbidden to cheer against other witch schools.Unfortunatly, until she passes her remedial magic classes, she's stuck on the sidelines. Her Uncle Seamus and her friend Samuel assists in extra tutoring lessons. Prudence is determined to give up all her mortal ways and learns how to be a witch, but her cute next door neighbor is so cute that even the head cheerleader is attracted to him. Managing to finally get good grades, Prudence can concentrate on cheerleading. Her ultimate goal is to win the Nationals for her school.
January 8, 2009
Thought this was a good light hearted read. I'm looking forward to reading the next book. There were a couple of places where I was thinking "really, is it all that necessary to be 'kewl'?" But then I did remember that this was actually written for young adults/teens and that while there are some people even that young who are secure in theirselves, there are just as many if not more who want and feel the need to be part of the cool/best liked crowd - or at least when I think back that was the case when I was that age.
May 23, 2008
While the first book in this series - The Salem Witch Tryouts, was by no means serious reading, I was able to get through it easily and mildly enjoy the light story. The sequel was, unfortunately, not as good. It was impossible to get into and I ended up abandoning my efforts a few chapters into it. The valley girl in the main character really came out and she turned out to be downright annoying.
June 17, 2012
After slogging through this book, I'm done with this series. This book just wasn't that interesting to me. I kept reading hoping once I remembered the characters and story from the last book, that it would get better. It really didn't.
I found it to be just boring and the characters uninteresting and annoying. And all Pru does is whine about the cheerleading team. I got sick of it. Anyway, despite having the next book in the series on my shelf, I won't be reading it.
I found it to be just boring and the characters uninteresting and annoying. And all Pru does is whine about the cheerleading team. I got sick of it. Anyway, despite having the next book in the series on my shelf, I won't be reading it.
October 13, 2008
Still light and funny, but I started to get annoyed a bit with Pru's intense concern with being "kewl" (which by the way is an awful spelling!). She started to ignore her actual friends (Samuel and the "fringies"), who I think she should have been more grateful to and more aware of. But I think she started to figure things out a tiny bit toward the end. We'll see what happens in the next book.
January 28, 2015
Silly of me to read a series featuring a superficial cheerleading heroine, but I wanted to Find Out What Happened. :) More fun with Miss Prudence, the displaced cheerleader struggling with her magical powers, and her climb to the top of the popular clique. There is a lot of humor in this book, and the author is not afraid to make her heroine look dumb on occasion. :)
November 10, 2007
She has started to adjust to Salem but she isn't able to compete in cheerleading against other witches because she's in remidal magic. Now she's trying to pass the test that will take her out of remidal magic early so she can compete properly.
April 1, 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.
February 15, 2010
This book was good, but its one of those books that u are reading but are barely holding on to it. But i loved how a new character, Angelo, was added. I like him and I hope on the next book Pru and he get togethr.
November 30, 2012
I liked this book much more than the previous one. I felt like Pru actually developed some character to her that wasn't whiny sixteen year old. I liked the story line and I am really excited to read the next book.
July 3, 2007
Not anywhere near as good as the first book, but still good enough that it didn't put me to sleep.
July 2, 2008
Very good. I liked it very much.
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January 24, 2009soo good im reading the third right now
February 9, 2009
Fun 2nd book in the series. I love how true to life Pru is (teenage life that is!).
May 22, 2009
This a gOOD bOOK
January 2, 2011
This is second book in the series i told u about earlier. its great!
February 5, 2011
i gave this book two stars, because i found it a bit young for me but well written. if i was a few years younger i think i would really of enjoyed this book.
July 26, 2013
I liked it
August 6, 2013
there's just nothing special about this series. i liked the first book, but this and the third book is just a dissapointment.
September 2, 2013
a great book series i would love if this series was a movie!
July 28, 2014
DANIEL WHERE R YOU
August 31, 2008
this girl is funny and i love the first book looking forward to read the third
June 30, 2010
love it <3
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