![]() ![]() Unfortunately when she told her Kindergarten schoolmates about her friend and failed to produce him she was immediately labeled Fairy Fat thanks in part to her girth and has carried that nickname through the years. Mellie Turpin knows about that kind of pain firsthand since she grew up with a small person with wings when she was young. Fair warning: call them that name and expect to experience some serious pain. Now author Ellen Booraem puts her own unique stamp on the fairy experience coming up with a novel appropriate for a tween but with creatures that are beloved from preschool onwards. You can write a novel about them without being accused of selling out, and indeed some of the finest writers of our age have written fairy novels in their spare time (see: The Night Fairy or What-the-Dickens). No single fairy has managed to cross into the world of pop culture, with the possible exception of Tinkerbell (and with Disney as her current guiding light I’m not sure she counts). In spite of the vast popularity of the Rainbow Fairies series, fairy books for kids and teens come out in spurts and starts. One trend that somehow hasn’t managed to become annoyingly ubiquitous, however, is the fairy trend. Fantasy trends, you see, are fickle and fleeting. A couple years ago you could have said the same about child wizards. We’re also a little tired of zombies and don’t even TALK to me about angels. ![]()
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