Spells & Sleeping Bags (Magic In Manhattan)

My daughter and I were in a mom and me book club geared towards our middle school daughter's reading. We read Bras and Broomsticks and were hooked. Then, we read Frogs and French Kisses and couldn't wait for Spells and Sleeping Bags. My daughter is almost 13. She loved it. I'm almost 42 and I loved it (I like chic lit). I liked them so much I read all of Mlynowski's books for women which I also enjoyed. I know this is a trilogy, but my daughter and I are secretly hoping there will be MORE Rachel and Miri in the future! Highly recommend!

I purchased this book for my 11 year old niece that had read the two previous books. She read this book in 4 days - while we were on an action packed ski vacation.

Rachel has finally gotten her witch powers, but now she is being shipped off to camp, where she can't even practice. But do mom's rules stop her? Of course not!

Rachel gets to camp and has lots of issues. There are mosquitoes everywhere and her new step-mom keeps sending embarrassing personal care products. And the new girl in her bunk is a little weird -- maybe something weird like Rachel???

What will she do and how will she handle Raff, the guy she has liked for such a long time, and who just happens to go to camp with her?

This is a cute addition to the series, following Bras & Broomsticks (Magic In Manhattan) and Frogs & French Kisses (Magic In Manhattan). Rachel and Miri are as witty and funny as ever, and, as expected, there is a little romance, which makes this book irresistible! What teen girl wouldn't love to be a witch?

Reviewed by: Taylor Rector

These are the funniest books but with a depth that makes them memorable. Plus, oh my goodness, the pacing! Non-stop drama. I can't wait for PARTIES & POTIONS!

This is by far the best book in the trilogy. Though the first book was amazing, Spells and Sleeping Bags was just better! By the way, I may talk about the first and second book in here, so if you haven't read them, just look at my rating! I won't give away the third one, though. I was a little disappointed with the second one, after all, I was pulling for Raf and Rachel to finally get back together. But I was so happy when she discovered she was a witch, like her mom and Miri. In the third book, Rachel and Miri (and their step sister, Prissy) head off to camp in upstate New York. Rachel immediatly makes friends, but what seems like the perfect summer at camp doesn't last long. Miri isn't enjoying camp, Raf and Rachel can't seem to get back together, and there's a girl in Bunk Fifteen who there to make life miserable for Rachel, and who has a big secret of her own. The only problem with this book is that it's the last one. I want her to keep writing them so I can keep reading. It's an amazing ending to the trilogy and a really fun read.

I was so excited to start the 3rd book in this series and squealed with excitement when it finally came in the mail. The 3rd book totally lived up to my expectations. I found myself wanting to go back to summer camp and join up with Rachel's posse of friends. I finished this one from cover to cover in one day. It was a blast!

The book that I chose to read for my second quarter book report was Spells and Sleeping Bags. This book was by Sarah Mylnowski and was simply genius.

The main character, Rachel, has just found out she has magical witch powers, just like her mother and sister. She is sent off to camp, where her crush, Raf, is staying. She isn't really able to control her powers, so everything gets messed up. It is a very comical book.

At first, Rachel gets to camp wood-lake. Next, she fails to do a lot of important camp skills. Thirdly, she has a run in with a very mean girl (with a secret). Lastly, Raf and Rachel are in love. The pinnacle of this story was probably when Rachel and the mean girl have to switch bodies, because if not, the mean girl would hurt Rachel's sister, Miri. The falling action is when Rachel, in the mean girl's body, returns home, and discovers that she and the mean girl are cousins. The mean girl gets told on at once, and Rachel and she trade bodies back. The end of the story is a mystery- you have to find out by reading it your self. This book left me wanting a sequel.

The setting of the story is in New York, present time, and then in Camp Woodlake, in California.

I think that the theme of the story is family, because Rachel traded bodies with the mean girl, for her sister, whom she loved very much. Her parents are divorced, and so she has a stepmom, whom she was warmed up to, and after the switch, everybody thought of Rachel as the mean girl, even her family. She was very sad when she couldn't see her family, and then was leaping with joy when she got her body, and family back.

I liked the story because it was full of humor, and was very good. It was a very interesting book that I would definitely recommend.

I think that this book was even more funny than the other two... possibly. All I know is that I laughed almost constantly, and yet towards the end I wanted to cry...

This was such a good book. I think this is the last book in the series, and I'm kind of sad to see it ending. But it couldn't be a happier ending... Well, actually, it could have. I think that Rachel should tell Raf what was going on, but that's something that could be solved on it's own. The ending was almost perfect :P

Before you read about Rachel's magical summer camp experience, make sure that you read the two books leading up to it. In Bras and Broomsticks, Rachel learned that her mother and her little sister Miri were witches - and she was not. In Frogs and French Kisses, she continued to watch her mom and sis magically bond while she remained powerless - until the very end of the book.

Now, finally, Rachel's got her own magic. She knows she should learn more about it before going crazy with it, and she knows she should use it sparingly, but it's all so tempting. When something witchy this way comes in the form of another camper, all bets are off.

In her previous Magic in Manhattan books, Sarah Mlynowski blended together the humor and magic of Bewitched and Sabrina, the Teenage Witch. With Spells and Sleeping Bags, she adds a bit of The Parent Trap to the mix, complete with summer camp pranks and twists of relativity. Bring your sunscreen and your sense of humor.

The book that I chose to read for my second quarter book report was Spells and Sleeping Bags. This book was by Sarah Mylnowski and was simply genius.

The main character, Rachel, has just found out she has magical witch powers, just like her mother and sister. She is sent off to camp, where her crush, Raf, is staying. She isn't really able to control her powers, so everything gets messed up. It is a very comical book.

At first, Rachel gets to camp wood-lake. Next, she fails to do a lot of important camp skills. Thirdly, she has a run in with a very mean girl (with a secret). Lastly, Raf and Rachel are in love. The pinnacle of this story was probably when Rachel and the mean girl have to switch bodies, because if not, the mean girl would hurt Rachel's sister, Miri. The falling action is when Rachel, in the mean girl's body, returns home, and discovers that she and the mean girl are cousins. The mean girl gets told on at once, and Rachel and she trade bodies back. The end of the story is a mystery- you have to find out by reading it your self. This book left me wanting a sequel.

The setting of the story is in New York, present time, and then in Camp Woodlake, in California.

I think that the theme of the story is family, because Rachel traded bodies with the mean girl, for her sister, whom she loved very much. Her parents are divorced, and so she has a stepmom, whom she was warmed up to, and after the switch, everybody thought of Rachel as the mean girl, even her family. She was very sad when she couldn't see her family, and then was leaping with joy when she got her body, and family back.

I liked the story because it was full of humor, and was very good. It was a very interesting book that I would definitely recommend.