It is about a girl who has just finished her senior year at JFK High School. Her name is Rachel Weinstein, and she and her 12-year-old sister Miri are leaving for summer camp!
They are pretty normal sisters-normal except for one thing: Their mother is a witch. And, as they found out in the first book, so is Miri. At first, Rachel is very sad that she did not inherit her mother's magical power's, but in the second book she finds out that she did!
As you can imagine, she was super excited when she found out she was a witch, and, also when she found out that her crush was going to the same camp as her!
She makes fast friends with her cabin mates, except for one girl, who seems to have developed a disliking to Rachel.
She is having a blast, until on day when her best camp friends, Alison, is caught smoking in the bathroom! The camp has a strict policy against smoking, so Alison was sent home immediately.
But Rachel and her friends are very confused as to why Alison was even smoking in the first place. I mean, Alison was the one who was always complaining about how disgusting smoking was, so why would she smoke?
But the girl who hates Rachel, Liana, seems a little queer to Rachel.
One thing that's weird is that her cubby, which holds her clothes is very neat and tidy, even though it seems to have more clothes in it than the others. Also, she never wears the same clothes twice.
But Rachel forgets about Liana, because she is having so much fun. Raf, her crush, has been spending a lot of time with her lately, but every time that they try to kiss, it is mysteriously interrupted by something (A flying soccer ball, a bee hive, or the lights flickering). At first Rachel thinks that her new powers are just a little out of whack, causing that to happen every time she gets excited.
Then, one day, she sees Raf waiting on her cabin porch with someone. As she approaches, she realizes that the person is Liana. Then, suddenly, she sees Raf lean in to kiss Liana. Then when she yells at Raf, he forgets about the kiss and doesn't know what she's talking about.
She things this is all very strange, but then one day, she sees Liana's pencil case lying on her bunk. On a sudden hunch, she chants a spell, and then, Liana's pencil case morphs into a copy of A2, or The Authorized and Absolute Reference Handbook to Astonishing Spells, Astounding Potions, and History of Witchcraft Since the Beginning of Time. She should have known! Liana's a witch!!
When Liana realizes that Rachel knows she's a witch, talks Miri into leaving to go to a boarding School in Switzerland with her.
When Rachel begs her not to take Miri, Liana threatens her, hurting her friends, and saying she'll keep on doing this, and she'll take Miri, unless Rachel accepts a body-switching spell.
Liana's a much more powerful and experienced witch than Rachel, so Rachel knows that she's going to have to switch.
When she does, she realizes that Liana has a terrible life. She just wants her old life back! Will Miri realize the switch, or will she suffer through life in Liana's body?
Read Spells and Sleeping bags to find out!
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