By Julia Jamieson
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Phoebe is not fabulous. Overweight and self-conscious, she spends her time avoiding the jocks, cheerleaders, and her step-mother in equal measure. Lucky for her, embracing her position on the Academic Decathlon with David, friend and fellow nerd, gives her the perfect opportunity to stay under the radar.
But being inconspicuous gets a whole lot harder on the eve of her sixteenth birthday when an eccentric woman appears outside her window - especially when the woman informs Phoebe that her dead mother was a powerful witch.
The woman leaves Phoebe with her deceased mother’s spell book and instructions to make a choice; remain in not-so-blissful ignorance or practice with the spell book and hone the skills that are her birthright.
Phoebe quickly realizes that the book has the power to turn her every whim into reality. Soon she’s is using it to make herself thinner, funnier, and more confident.
And everyone is taking notice.
But the closer Phoebe gets to the popular crowd, the further away she gets from the friends who liked her before she was thin and witty - including David. Things come to a head when the Academic Decathalon falls on the same night as the years biggest dance, forcing Phoebe to wonder if maybe, just maybe, she was fabulous all along.
Phoebe is not fabulous. Overweight and self-conscious, she spends her time avoiding the jocks, cheerleaders, and her step-mother in equal measure. Lucky for her, embracing her position on the Academic Decathlon with David, friend and fellow nerd, gives her the perfect opportunity to stay under the radar.
But being inconspicuous gets a whole lot harder on the eve of her sixteenth birthday when an eccentric woman appears outside her window - especially when the woman informs Phoebe that her dead mother was a powerful witch.
The woman leaves Phoebe with her deceased mother’s spell book and instructions to make a choice; remain in not-so-blissful ignorance or practice with the spell book and hone the skills that are her birthright.
Phoebe quickly realizes that the book has the power to turn her every whim into reality. Soon she’s is using it to make herself thinner, funnier, and more confident.
And everyone is taking notice.
But the closer Phoebe gets to the popular crowd, the further away she gets from the friends who liked her before she was thin and witty - including David. Things come to a head when the Academic Decathalon falls on the same night as the years biggest dance, forcing Phoebe to wonder if maybe, just maybe, she was fabulous all along.
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