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Interference Powder by [Jean Hanff Korelitz]

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Eleven-year-old Nina would like more than anything to take singing lessons, but her mother wants to see an improvement in her grades first. When Nina fails another test, she retreats to the comfort of art class, and with the encouragement of a mysterious substitute teacher named Charlemagne, draws a picture of her life as she would like it—with a perfect test score. Imagine her surprise when in a matter of seconds—and with the help of a little “interference powder” provided by Charlemagne—that picture becomes reality, and that reality turns out to be less than perfect!

In this delightful children’s literature debut from a well-known writer for adults, the lines of reality and fantasy are comfortably and hilariously blurred, while the importance of self-awareness comes into sharp focus.

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9 - 12 years
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148 pages
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English
Grade level

4 - 6
Publisher

Two Lions
Publication date

October 16, 2012
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Grade 4-6-The day Nina Zabin finds a luminous bottle of mysterious powder in her substitute teacher's art bag, she inadvertently wreaks havoc on her world. Suddenly, the 62 she got on her social studies test turns into a 100, and she is representing her fifth-grade class in the Brain-Busters Extravaganza. Her best friend, Isobel, always the smart one, is green with envy, while her clueless mother is pleased as punch. Resigned to losing Isobel's friendship, she tries to use the magic to get the singing lessons she so desperately wants. The day of the competition, she is unable to talk without sounding like a radio jingle or an operatic aria. Her tears cause an inexplicable flood onstage, and she runs home, mortified. Her widowed mom takes her to a child psychologist; his wise words help Nina to finally use the magic one last time to fix things. The powder's power is never really explained, but Nina ends up with her old best friend and a couple of new ones, a happy mom, and singing lessons with the substitute teacher who started it all. The novel's strands tie together in a satisfying resolution, and the singing fiasco is truly hilarious. Despite the magical element, this is largely realistic fiction about knowing oneself and being true to one's dreams.
Barbara Auerbach, New York City Public Schools
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Gr. 4-6. Interference powder is more than just a creative title here; it refers to ground-up mica that artists use to give an extra shimmer to their paintings. After fifth-grader Nina Zabin receives a 68 on her history test, she paints a picture of herself handing the test to her mother with a perfect score. Finding some interference powder in her art teacher's bag, she sprinkles it on her painting. But the powder does more than give a shine to the painting; it magically transforms her grade! Then, to her horror, Nina discovers that her high score means that she must represent her class in an all-school history quiz. Along the way, the interference powder causes more havoc, culminating in Nina's finding that every time she opens her mouth, her words come out in song. All is resolved by the conclusion, and Nina is able to take singing lessons--something she has wanted to do all along. Despite the familiar setup, the novel has a winning central character and some funny scenes that many young readers will enjoy. Todd Morning
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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B008PEFXP0
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Two Lions (October 16, 2012)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ October 16, 2012
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 409 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 148 pages
Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 0761452753

Best Sellers Rank: #726,373 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #959 in Children's Issues in School Books
- #2,519 in Children's Parents Books
- #4,799 in Children's Fantasy Books

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Jean Hanff Korelitz is the New York Times bestselling author of the novels THE PLOT (The 2021 Tonight Show Summer Reads pick), YOU SHOULD HAVE KNOWN (adapted for HBO as "The Undoing" by David E. Kelley, and starring Nicole Kidman, Hugh Grant and Donald Sutherland), ADMISSION (adapted as the 2013 film starring Tina Fey), THE DEVIL AND WEBSTER, THE WHITE ROSE, THE SABBATHDAY RIVER and A JURY OF HER PEERS. A new novel, THE LATECOMER, will be published on May 31st, 2022. Her company BOOKTHEWRITER hosts "Pop-Up Book Groups" in person in NYC and online, where small groups of readers can discuss new books with their authors. www.bookthewriter.com

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Pat I Olmstead

great

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 6, 2014

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Wonderful book loved the author looking forward to her next novel. Will try to find more on my kindle. Thank

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Delightful to look at, delightful to hold, but when I read the blurb, We had to mark it "Sold" ! a children's book - naturally... how can you go wrong? WE grew up with Grimm's fairy tales and other things we though were benign, but seeing them remade into movies and different venues, they weren't so innocent, were they? lol - These, today, were written by younger folk, who have broken the old habits we had of Snow White and Rumpelstiltskin... Can't go wrong with these books.. seriously. - for not so young, maybe very early teens or the tweens.

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Bleu Jay Lady

"Interference Powder" can DEFINITELY interfere with your life!!!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 16, 2017

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This is a sweet little book with a few surprises in it. I feel that young people from 10 to 17 will appreciate it as it shows that things are not always what they seem in a humorous and telling way. It also shows what happens when you actually GET what you wish for!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 2, 2015

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The book Is great I love how in the beginning she is having this normal life and then the interference powder just pops into her life and she has to deal with her ex friend being friends with drea and then she can't stop singing and I thought that was hilarious it is just a book I think I would read again

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 21, 2015

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I loved the book. I wish that the interference powder was real because then I could get my best friend (s) at my school. If you like to be creative, then this a GREAT BOOK FOR YOU!!!!!!!!🐱🐱🐱🐱🐱🐱🐱🐱🐱🐱🐱🐱🐱🐱🐱🐱🐱🐱🐱🐱🐱🐱🐱🐱🐱🐱🐱🐱

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Peter C. Mahoney

Interference Powder- a great read!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 19, 2015

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Interference Powder is a great book- the magic little flakes bring a wild adventure along
every time you use them. I like this book because it's funny, energetic, and very fun. A great book
for kids and tweens.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 29, 2013

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I chose this rating because this book was amazing! In my opinion, books should always have a plot that keeps on the edge of your seat for hours, and that is just what this book did.

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grrlpup

Predictable but enjoyable... like a tv show.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 27, 2005

Nina is in fifth grade. Her friend Isobel has always been "the smart one" and Nina's always been "the artistic one." With the help--or interference--of magic, this gets turned on its head. Trying to use the magic to fix things just makes them worse. In the end, Nina has to drop the tricks and be herself in order to put her life on an even keel again. The people around her understand her better when she does, too.

Almost everybody has thought about how to use three wishes, or magic powder, or a million dollars. It's fun to watch one more attempt, and I really didn't mind that some of the scenes were predictable and others were a little unrealistic. Predictable: when Nina's best friend drops her, she meets a couple of other kids and finds out she can have other friends. Predictable: Nina hunts all over for the person she got the magic from and can't find her. At the end of the book, a door opens and there she is! Unrealistic: there's a whole competition among multiple classes about which kid knows the most about New Amsterdam, which is just one unit in their history class? Unrealistic: she takes parsnips to a pot-luck?

Most of the book is realistic and fun, however. The dialog is snappy: her mom's wake-up call is, "In five minutes there will be a hot piece of toast and a hot scrambled egg on the table. In six minutes there will be a cold piece of toast and a cold scrambled egg on the kitchen table. In seven minutes there will be NO TOAST AND NO EGG ON THE KITCHEN TABLE. So get up." The two of them make a nice family.

In a few months I will have forgotten that I read this book, probably. But it's enjoyable while it lasts, and I'm pretty hopeful that the author's next books will be even better.

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