LitPick Review
Superman has x-ray vision! Spiderman can shoot spider webs from his hands! Wonder Woman can fly! What can Abby Carnelia do? Abby can make an egg spin by tugging at her earlobes! Abby can't explain how she makes the egg spin. Abby checks the internet and every magic book in her library. Abby decides she has a magic power. To find out more about her magic power, Abby finds an ad in the newspaper for "Cadabra Magic Camps for Children". Camp Cadabra offers help for learning magic tricks and unexplained phenomena. Abby is interested and signs up to go. When Abby arrives at magic camp, she makes many friends and learns their powers. One girl can levitate only an inch when she thinks of a certain scene. One boy can clog a salt shaker when he crosses his toes. All kids like her with useless powers. But this camp doesn't turn out to be like other camps. Each activity gets weirder as camp goes on. Abby and her friends have to team up to use their powers to find out the secrets of Camp Cadabra.
Opinion:
David Pogue makes the book witty and action packed. The beginning, when Abby first finds out about her power, is funny. It shows how Abby reacted to having her useless power and how other people reacted to what she did with the egg. It also sets the mood of the book. The first three chapters of the book have a little "hook" at the beginning. From talking about superheroes to describing the town in which Abby lived, they were hilarious. Then, once Abby went to camp, the book becomes full of action and a page turner . The book kept its humor once Abby went to camp, but the humor was more in the character's personality. Abby, the main character, is very likable. Abby grows as the book goes on. She goes from being a normal kid who doesn't stand out to becoming a leader. Abby can relate too many of the readers. I would recommend this book to young adults to adults. There is a part very close to the end that has one of the characters talking about something that children probably wouldn't and probably shouldn't understand. Otherwise, this book has a great message and was fun to read!
