Jinx (2007) (edit title/settings)

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• Jean "Jinx" Honeychurch: She is the protagonist in the story who seems to be unlucky with things. That's why her family gave her the nickname, Jinx.
• Tory/Torrance Gardiner: Add a description of this character.
• Zachary Rosen: Tory's next door neighbor and schoolmate at Chapman. Believed to be in love with Petra.
• Dylan Peterson: Jinx's ex boyfriend from Hancock
• Aunt Evelyn Gardiner: She is Jean's aunt and her mom's younger sister. A very nice, sweet and elegant person. Tory's, Alice's and Teddy's mother.
• Petra: She is the Gardiners' au pair. She is from Germany and only works for the Gardiners for her college education.
• Gretchen: Tory's follower, also goes to Chapman. She has a pierced eyebrow.
• Branwen: she is A witch and Jinx's ancestor. She was burned at the stake.
• Ted Gardiner: is Jinx's uncle, Tory's father and Evelyn Gardiner's husband.
• Theodore "Teddy" Gardiner Jr.: He is Tory's ten-year-old brother.
• Alice Gardiner: She is Tory's five-year-old sister. She is the one usually taking care of Mouche the cat. She likes cousin Jean.
• Shawn Kettering: Tory's friend and he is in an open relationship with her making them friends with benefits. He is also a drug dealer.
• Chanelle: She is Tory's best friend and was named almost the same as her mom's favorite store.
• Robert: He is a pot head and he is Channelle's boyfriend.
• Lindsey: SMALL gravely voice mean hearted follower of Tory, part of Tory's coven.
• Coach Winthrop: The P.E. instructor in Chapman School.
• Willem: He is Petra's boyfriend from Germany.
• Lisa: She is the woman who practices witchcraft and who owns the Enchantments shop.
• Marta: She is the Gardiners' housekeeper.
• Jorge: He is the Gardiners' gardener.
• Principal Baldwin: The principal of Chapman School.
• Charlotte Honeychurch: She is Jean's mom and she is a preacher.
• Courtney Honeychurch: She is the thirteen-year-old, aspiring model sister of Jean.
• Sarabeth Honeychurch: She is the seven-year-old, Bratz dolls obsessed sister of Jean.
• Jeremy Honeychurch: is the ten-year-old baseball fanatic brother of Jean.
• Henry Honeychurch: The four-year-old baby brother of Jean.
• Stacy: She is Jean's best friend back in Iowa.

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• “See? Anger can be healthy. When the time comes–and it will come–remember that. And what I said. Embrace your powers–love yourself the way Nature made you, and you will prevail. Always.”

  Lisa

• “"I loved you way before you ever had a chance to put a spell on me. I loved you at 'I've never been to Long Island," Zach said.I couldn't keep a big goofy grin from my face."I loved you at 'I like seals,'" I admitted. He grinned back.”

  Zach and Jinx

• “Real witches don't cast spells to get attention, but because it gives them actual spiritual fulfillment. And witchcraft, if it's done properly, is more about giving thanks--and showing appreciation--for nature than it is about trying to bend it to someone's will or. . .or make things magically appear.”

  Jinx Honeychurch

• “<A promise to one's self.> It is sometimes the hardest ones to break.”

  Jinx Honeychurch

• “I'm rubber you're glue, anything you say bounces off me and sticks to you.”

  Jinx Honeychurch

• “Embrace that which you fear.”

  Lisa via Jinx Honeychurch

• “All this time, you've been telling her--me--everyone you knew--that you and I are just friends, when just friends was the last thing I ever wanted to be with you.”

  Zach Rosen

• “Zach: That I was head over heels for you...You still don't believe me? | Jinx: ... | Zach: That's what I was afraid of. I guess you've given me no other choice. | Jinx: No other choice but...what? | Zach: This. | (Jinx: And the next thing I knew, his lips were on mine.) | Zach: Now do you believe me? | Jinx: . . . . . . . . . . . | Zach: Okay. Let me try that again. | (Jinx: And he leaned down to kiss me some more.) | Zach: So? Do you believe me now that it's you I love--you that I've always loved, ever since that day you spat Long Island iced tea all over me? Do you believe me that I'm tired of trying not to kiss you? Do you believe that I really, really don't want to be just friends anymore? | Jinx: Uh-huh.”

  Zach and Jinx

• “I like seals”

  Zach Rosen

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• This time when he raised his head, birds, stars, and even little rainbows seemed to float around in front of me. It was as if someone had spilled a box of Lucky Charms in zero gravity.

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• I loved you at I’ve never been to Long Island.” I couldn’t keep a big goofy grin from my face. “I loved you at I like seals,” I admitted.

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• “Oh, that’s nice. She gave you a Satanic symbol. That’s excellent customer service.”

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• You’re not a hundred-dollar bill, Grandma was fond of telling us kids during her frequent visits from her retirement community in the Sunshine State. Not everybody’s going to like you.

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• suppose for our first kiss, it was fairly staggering. Well, okay, maybe someone like Tory, who is light-years ahead of me sophistication-wise, could be kissed in such a manner and not completely lose her head. I, on the other hand, could not. It wasn’t as if he snatched me up and molded my body to his, like Dylan had, the first time he kissed me. Zach’s was the gentlest kiss you could ever imagine. He was barely even touching me, except for where his fingers rested on my shoulders.

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• ‘I’m rubber, you’re glue, anything you say bounces off me and sticks to you’?”

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• Do you believe me that I’m tired of trying not to kiss you? Do you believe that I really, really don’t want to be just friends anymore?”

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• “No. Nuh-uh. We’re not doing a thing to it. Maybe put a little bit of it up in the front with a clip—oh, yes, that’s great—but no one is going near this girl with a flat iron. Do you hear me, people?”)—I

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Setting & Locations edit see section history

• The Gardiners' House: It is a four floor brownstone house at 326 East Sixty-ninth Street.
• Chapman School: It is an exclusive, private school in Manhattan.
• Enchantments: It is a shop for magic or witchcraft that is located at the Ninth Street of East Village.
• Waldorf-Astoria: It is a huge fancy hotel in Park Avenue.

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Themes & Symbolism edit see section history

• Witchcraft: This books derives plot and emotion from the power of witchcraft.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Meg Cabot (Author)

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Classification edit see section history

• Library of Congress: PZ7.C11165 Jin 2007 FT MEADE
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Notes for Parents edit see section history

14+ There is a good amount of drug use, teen drinking, and sexual innuendo. There aren't any unfortunate consequences to any of these things, and at some times, they are shed in a rather attractive light.

Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Teens › Authors, A-Z › ( C ) › Cabot, Meg
• Books › Teens › Science Fiction & Fantasy › Fantasy
• Books › Teens › Social Issues › Being a Teen
• Books › Teens › Literature & Fiction › Adventure & Thrillers
• Books › Teens › Science Fiction & Fantasy › Science Fiction
• Books › Teens › Literature & Fiction › Love & Romance

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