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All her life, Addy's heard stories about the McMahon family curse. Her mom says the stories are just jokes, but Addy isn't so sure. In fact, she's got evidence. Like the fact that her archenemy saw Addy shopping for a training bra with her mom. Or that Jonathan, her mom's g-ross boyfriend, is moving into the guest room.
If only Addy could escape into the cartoon world of her journal, or hang out with her best friend, Jackie. The only problem is—and this is probably because of the curse—Jackie is now Addy's ex-best friend since one particular comic from her journal was somehow shown to the entire school.
If only Addy could prove to Jackie that it wasn't her fault. It had to be that curse. Didn't it?
Addy McMahon is a typical sixth grader with best friends who understand her, a parent who does not, and a brother who does not care. Addy is convinced that she carries the family curse because bad things always seem to happen to her. For instance, her dad died of cancer when she was a fourth grader. Now her mom has invited Jonathan to live with them until he finds a place of his own. If that were not enough, Addy has just made a serious mistake with her computer that may cost her the loyalty of her best friend, Jackie. If Jackie had not made her mad by saying that Jonathan and Addy's mom would soon be married, the whole thing never would have happened. Addy, who writes interviews for the school paper and the local paper, had chosen Jackie for her next interview subject. She had most of the article done when she had a fight with Jackie about Jonathan. Addy's other preoccupation is her drawing. She likes to make cartoon-like strips that tell a story, mostly her story. When she accidentally sends out the autobiography-strip about Jackie to all their friends, instead of the interview, things get really heated up in the friends department. It will take all of Addy's writing ability and persuasive powers to solve this one, and little does she know that Jonathan will play a large part in the solution. This quick read will provide a laugh for girls in upper elementary grades. This is the author's first novel. Reviewer: Joyce Rice
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Mariko Gjovig
reviewed Curse of Addy McMahon on March 15, 2008
Curse of Addy McMahon
The moment I saw this on First Look, I knew that I really wanted it. I'm so happy I had a chance to read it as an ARC, because I wasn't let down. This is just the type of book that is undeniably real, but still keeps you hooked until the last page.
Addy McMahon has a curse passed to her from her great-grandfather, and of this she has no doubt. Her Dad died of Cancer (it was with a capital c) one year, eight months and three and a half weeks ago, and Addy thinks that it is her fault. She didn't do that much to stop her Dad from smoking. She interviewed him before he died for her newspaper The Seely Times and for herself. She wants to enter the final draft of the interview to her "favorite magazine in the entire planet" the Chroniclateer. It's just not good enough yet. Addy is an interviewer , and she's pretty famous for it. Most people in her town know her, but they don't know about her autobiograstrip, her autobiography in comics. Her mother's friend Jonathan the journalist moves into their guest room and constantly pesters Addy with advice. Life can't possibly get worse can it? Addy is only more convinced that she has a curse on her after Jonathan and her father. Jackie, her best friend forever, and the autobiograstrip are the best parts of her life. And then she accidentally loses Jackie's friendship. Addy is determined to never write again.
The Curse of Addy McMahon by Katie Davis is an altogether enjoyable book. I think many middle-schoolers would enjoy it because it describes the rigors of pre-teen social life fabulously. I tried to keep count of how many times I laughed out loud, but with the book pulling me in to the carefully weaved plot and so many reasons to laugh, I just lost count. I didn't expect this to be a humorous book since there was a big focus on the unfortunate death of Addy's father.
I had a very hard time disliking Jonathan. He's such a cool guy! I understood why Addy didn't like him, but because I am an interviewer and aspiring writer, I pined for the advice that Addy turned down. I wanted to yell at her whenever she talked about Jonathan negatively. I had to remind myself many times that if I were in Addy's situation, I probably wouldn't like him either.
I'm looking forward to Katie Davis's future novels. Her website is really interesting. Check it out! She has a cool book trailer of The Curse of Addy McMahon.
Comes out April 22, 2008
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