Fourth Grade Fairy

Be careful what you wish for.

All Willow Doyle wants is to be normal, to fit in at her new school, and to have a best friend. But there’s no way Willow will ever be normal. There isn’t anything normal about her or the Doyle family. 

Willow comes from a long line of fairy godmothers and she’s expected to be one too when the time comes. (At the moment she’s merely sprite status.) Maybe that would be cool if it were like the old days when the humans — known as humdrums — knew fairy godmothers existed and the fairies didn’t have to keep their fairy status secret. Now they’re stuck helping humans who don’t even believe in them. Rather than help normals, Willow would rather be human. She’s sick of being weird. 

When she’s given the chance to attend a humdrum elementary school for two weeks, this is Willow’s chance to finally experience a normal life — but will she be able to fit in? And can she find her best friend there, even if her parents discourage making friends with humans?

“Kids will love the fairy magic, talking animals, and hilarious mix-ups. Recommend to fans of Barbara Park’s Junie B. Jones.” – School Library Journal

Wishes for Beginners

Book 2 of The Fourth Grade Fairy series

Miranda, the most popular girl in fourth grade, comes to school with exciting news: her older cousin is getting married, and Miranda will be in the bridal party! This is great news for Willow, because Miranda’s cousin has hired Willow’s mom to provide the cake. She is certain this is her chance to finally get closer to Miranda. She makes it sound as if she is very involved in her mother’s bakery and wedding planning business. Suddenly Willow is gaining popularity as the fourth grade expert on all things wedding.

The only one who doesn’t seem impressed is her best friend, Katie. Willow thinks she’s finally arrived when Miranda invites her to an exclusive birthday slumber party. The only problem is that it is so exclusive, Katie hasn’t been invited. Then, when Willow tries to use some fairy magic to make Miranda’s cousin’s wedding even bigger and better, everything goes horribly wrong. She might ruin the wedding, blow her first slumber party, and lose her best friend all in one. It’s going to take magic to survive fourth grade.

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Gnome Invasion

Book 3 of The Fourth Grade Fairy series

Willow Avery seems to be advancing in her fairy training with alarming speed. In addition to being able to talk to animals (a very unusual power), she can also fly! But it isn’t all good news. Willow’s human bff, Katie, has discovered that fairies exist and that’s put the Averys in a difficult position. They’re under review from the Fairy Council as to what humans’ knowledge of fairies could mean. Meanwhile, Willow is entering the school science fair and she’s vowed not to use her magic to help her win. So she tests different methods of watering plants the old fashioned way: trial and error.

However, a vindictive garden gnome, Jakob DeGroot, is appalled at her plant abuse and does everything in his power to thwart her science project. Of course, drama continues with Bethany and Katie, and new crush Nathan at school. And it looks like Jakob might be meddling with her human classmates’ projects too! Can Willow stop the meddling gnome and still be able to compete–all without magic?

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