Fairy School Dropout
Grade 3–5—Elly Knottleweed-Eversprightly hates being a fairy. She wants to leave the Mossy Blossom Academy for Young Fairies, where she is always in trouble. Because she has been expelled from two previous fairy academies, Mossy Blossom is her last chance. If she fails here, she will not get her "wish fulfillment license." In Badger's fairy world, fairies are human-size and live in houses just like people do. When Elly accidentally meets the human girl next door, they each become the other's answer to a wish. Elly helps Jess create a "magical" science project, and Jess repairs Elly's wand. The purple text and cartoon illustrations done in various shades of lavender are basic and repetitive. The book's ending is abrupt, even for the first in a trilogy. Additional, at best.—Elaine Lesh Morgan, Multnomah County Library, Portland, OREND--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.