The Power of Two

by H.B. Gilmour, Randi Reisfeld, H.B.; Reisfeld Randi Gilmour

Book Overview

Like the popular television shows 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' and 'Dawson's Creek', 'T.witches' taps the vast teen market by injecting smart, spellbinding story lines with teen issues and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0439544106
• ISBN13: 9780439544108
• Release Date: May 2003
• Publisher: Scholastic
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.3" x 7.7"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

Get Ready to Be Amazed...

Fourteen-year-old Camryn "Cam" Barnes, is an all-around good kid. She's intelligent, popular, and comes from a middle-upper class family. But she's hiding something. A bone-chilling secret that would shock even her parents and closest friends. Cam sees things. Things that haven't yet happened, but will. Then you have Alexandra "Alex" Fielding. Fourteen-years-old, punky, sarcastic, and living from her mother's small paycheck in the boondocks, in a dilapidated old trailer. But Alex also has a secret. She hears things. The thoughts inside people's heads. When the two girls - twins, separated at birth - meet at an amusement park, they realize that, by combining their powers, they can do miraculous things, such as saving the lives of a family on a worn-out ferris wheel. Now, back in Cam's hometown, the two girls are trying to solve the mystery of a kidnapped pop star. A mystery that could land the twins on the cover of newspapers nationwide, and put them in danger. I have owned T*WITCHES: THE POWER OF TWO for quite some time now, but had never gotten a chance to read it. But when I heard that the Disney Channel was making a movie based on the series, I knew that the time was right. Having always been a fan of paranormal phenomena, I found myself deeply engrossed in THE POWER OF TWO from the first page to the very last. Cam and Alex are two very intriguing characters, whose witty banter, and super-powers make them a modern-day Batman and Robin - only female. Overall, this is a marvelous book that has kicked off a thrilling series that tweens and teens alike will enjoy. Erika Sorocco Book Review Columnist for The Community Bugle Newspaper

Great series

This series may be meant for kids, but I'm 39 and I love it. I review children's books as part of my job, and lot of them are not very interesting to adults. T*Witches is an exception. I have spoken to several of my students, and they love the series too. My intension was to read book one and present it as an option to my class. Instead, I now own the entire set. They are well written, and the cliff hanger endings leave you anticipating the next book.

T*Witches

This seiries is one of my favorites of all time. Funny and witty, the authors posses a special talent to make you like these characters.If you are looking for a book about Wiccans, I wouldn't reccomend this book. This book is more of a traditional book about witches.Camryn Barnes and Alexandra Feilding live in oppisite worlds. Alex lives with her single mother in a trailer, and her mother has cancer. Cam lives in a whole other state with her mother, father and brother. Cam is popular and athletic, a pretty girl with a streak of perfection. Alex is punky and sarcastic, and has great friends-all two of them. She has streaks too-blue ones, in her hair! There are only a few things they share-their face,and their magical powers. They're twins.It's quite a shock to them too. When Alex's mother dies, she goes to live with Cam's family. There, in Marble Bay, a teen Britney-like diva called Marleigh Cooper (who's #1 hit song is Whoops Was that Me?) was kidnapped.It's up to them to use their powers to solve a mystory of Marleigh-and their parents!I loved this book. It may seem vauge about their parents, but the identity of the parents is supposed to be a mystery. So go read this book!

Cool book!

I really enjoyed this book. I found it was really in touch with pop culture, and I could relate to the characters, even though I don't have supernatural powers. Their lifestyles seemd very down to earth and real, right down to the way they speak, and the banter between friends. The mystery was awesome, it kept me guessing, because they'd have you thinking one person was the kidnapper, but, oh, maybe not. Anyway, I don't wanna give away the farm, but I highly recommend this book to anyone who likes supernatural mysteries.

The first book in a thrilling new series.

Camryn Alicia Barnes - Cam - has a comfortable life in a small Massachusetts town with her wealthy parents and her younger brother. She's never had a worry in her life - except for her strange power to see things before they happen. Alexandra Nicole Fielding - Alex - has lived with her mom in a run-down trailer in rural Montana ever since her dad abandoned them. For Alex and her mom, every day is a struggle to make ends meet. But Alex has always managed - except when it comes to her power to hear other people's thoughts. These two fourteen-year-old girls couldn't be more different. But when the Cam, her parents, and her best friend Beth go on a vacation in Montana, they meet Alex at the amusement park where she works. Both Cam and Alex's friends are startled at their identical appearances - even though the girls themselves refuse to admit that they are anything alike. But when Cam returns home, she has a nagging feeling at the back of her mind that she may be connected to Alex - that they may have been twin sisters separated at birth. A series of mysterious happenings force to girls to confront their pasts in order to discover the secret of their powers - but will they be in time? This book was the first in a thrilling new supernatural series.