![]() ![]() After a long day of refusing to enjoy Roald Dahl, I taught myself to multiply and divide… If I caught myself wandering off I’d mutter ‘Fairy Fat’. I spent recess organizing the classroom crayons by size and color. She stoically suffers through endless teasing, bullying and humiliation until she decides to reject imagination: Mellie has to front up to class with no fairy to show off. The only problem is that her fairy is furious about being a show and tell item and disappears. The class is excited and suddenly Mellie has friends. ![]() When Mellie was little, she spent her time playing with her fairy friend.Īt kindergarten, she is teased because she is overweight, and in an effort to make friends and feel better about being excluded, she announces that she has a fairy at home and to prove it she will bring him in for show and tell. ![]() Her parents are loving and supportive, both normal and unusual in their own way. The main character Mellie is delightful and likeable she’s a nice kid who is lacking in self-esteem, a top student and a reader. They are snooty and completely self-absorbed, and the only magic they are any good at is making themselves and their homes look gorgeous in over-the-top Louis XVI style grandeur. Set in modern USA, these fairies are not sweet, wish granting Tinkerbelles. The Library Adventure uses affiliate links, see our policies for more information. ![]()
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