Philippa Fisher and the Fairy Godsister

by Liz Kessler

Overview

Liz Kessler’s sparkling series about Philippa Fisher and her spunky fairy godsister.

Philippa Fisher would like nothing more than to summon a fairy. Still, she is taken aback when Daisy, the new girl at school, announces that she is Philippa's fairy godsister—and is reluctantly obliged to grant her human charge the customary three wishes. Now, if only Philippa would wish for something that makes her life better, not worse! With warmth and whimsy, the creator of Emily Windsnap tells a story of friendship, luck, and how we decide what we really want.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780763674625
Publisher:	Candlewick Press
Publication date:	01/06/2015
Series:	Philippa Fisher Series , #1
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	288
Sales rank:	463,795
Product dimensions:	5.12(w) x 7.68(h) x 0.76(d)
Lexile:	590L (what's this?)
Age Range:	8 - 12 Years

About the Author

Liz Kessler is the author of three NEW YORK TIMES best-selling books about the half-mermaid, half-human Emily Windsnap. She lives in England.

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Sunday morning began with the awful realization that I’d made the biggest mistake of my life.
(Continues…)

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Editorial Reviews

"Girls may fall upon Liz Kessler's story with joy. . . . A funny, wise book about finding confidence and friendship." — THE TIMES (London) — Times, The (UK)

From the Publisher

Gr 4-6

Philippa Fisher's life is a disaster. Her parents embarrass her in front of her friends; they are party entertainers and drive a bright yellow VW camper with pictures of clowns and jesters and rabbits painted on the side. Then her best friend moves away and she feels totally alone. She is so miserable, in fact, that the ATC (Above the Clouds) sends her a fairy godmother from 3WD (the Three Wishes Department). But Daisy, the fairy godmother (called a godsister because of her age), has serious attitude and is vexed at being paired with a human. She and Philippa get off to a dreadful start when her charge unknowingly leaves the transforming fairy with a limp and bruises. Just wanting to get the job done, Daisy delivers three wishes that give the girl the opportunity to change her life forever, which results in near disaster. Philippa, a self-conscious 11-year-old who desperately wants to be part of the popular crowd, is forced to rethink what friendship and parental love are all about. It is her choices and the consequences that make this story so moving. Equally as charming is the way fairy magic has been modernized with MagiCell messaging and a fairy facing her own trials and errors. The gentle storytelling and theme of finding oneself will resonate with girls gong through their own emotional awakenings.-Robyn Gioia, Bolles School, Ponte Vedra, FL

School Library Journal

With her best friend moving away and her quirky parents embarrassing her to no end-their camper-van honks to the tune of the Hokey-Pokey-11-year-old Philippa Fisher wishes she had a fairy godmother to change everything about her. Overnight, a daisy she has plucked is transformed into a surly new girl in class, fairy-godsister Daisy French, who grants Philippa three wishes that prove to make her life even more unpleasant than it was. Kessler, author of the Emily Windsnap series, gives Daisy a winningly irascible temperament (indeed, like a put-upon older sister), bent on fulfilling her "assignment" as dictated by the higher-ups at ATC (Above the Clouds). While it is Daisy's job to show compassion for the mousy protagonist, Philippa needs to learn that she never had it so good before she turned her free-spirited, affectionate parents into goal-driven, homework-mad conventional drones. Told in the alternating voices of Philippa and Daisy, the tale unfolds with an appealing mixture of tenderness and irony. (Fantasy. 8-12)

Kirkus Reviews