{"id":861,"date":"2009-10-31T22:58:36","date_gmt":"2009-11-01T02:58:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=861"},"modified":"2009-10-31T22:58:36","modified_gmt":"2009-11-01T02:58:36","slug":"review-of-my-fair-godmother-by-janette-rallison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=861","title":{"rendered":"Review of My Fair Godmother, by Janette Rallison"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"my_fair_godmother\"My Fairy<\/del> Fair Godmother<\/em><\/p>\n

by Janette Rallison<\/p>\n

Walker & Company, New York, 2009. 311 pages.<\/p>\n

After Savannah gives her brilliant older sister Jane a makeover, Savannah’s boyfriend suddenly sees Jane’s charms and takes up with her. In Savannah’s despair and sorrow, she gets a visit from her fairy godmother, but unfortunately learns that her fairy godmother is only fair at the job.<\/p>\n

In fact, she seems a bit hung up on fairy tales. Savannah learns that life as Cinderella or Snow White is not much fun. Then she thinks she makes a wish that can’t be twisted — and ends up stuck in the Middle Ages until a nice guy from school can make himself a prince.<\/p>\n

I admit I was thrown a bit at first, because the book started from Jane’s perspective. I was completely delighted to have a handsome, intelligent guy see the light and fall for the plainer, calculus-loving sister for a change! Oops! We weren’t supposed to be happy about that….<\/p>\n

Well, several chapters further on, I was able to drum up some sympathy for Savannah. I must admit I’m not sure she didn’t deserve a few weeks as Cinderella, but she got them, and they did their work. Mostly, the author does a grand job making a delightful mess of fairy-tale situations and magic and the meaning of love. <\/p>\n

Here’s a passage after Jane and her boyfriend get pulled into the Middle Ages, too:<\/p>\n

Then I had to explain to Jane and Hunter how my fairy godmother had misunderstood certain statements I’d made and had sent Tristan back in time to become a prince. He still had two tasks left before he could achieve that goal and return to our time.<\/p>\n

“Kill a dragon?” Hunter said as though he both envied and feared for Tristan. “Can you do that?”<\/p>\n

“I’ve got to.”<\/p>\n

Jane shook her head, disbelief seeping into her tone. “But your leprechaun told us that all you had to do to come home was to ask your fairy godmother.”<\/p>\n

“Oh, well, that just means you were duped by a leprechaun,” I said.<\/p>\n

Hunter cocked his head and looked at me narrowly. “Your fairy godmother won’t help you at all?”<\/p>\n

“My fairy godmother won’t even take my calls. She’s sort of a teenage, airheaded shopping diva who didn’t pay attention very well in fairy school.”<\/p>\n

Jane sat down on my bed and rubbed at her forehead wearily. “Well, that figures.”<\/p>\n

I followed her with my gaze. “Meaning?”<\/p>\n

“They must match fairy godmothers to people by type. You pretty much just described yourself.”<\/em><\/p>\n

A truly fun tale of a clash between modern high school dating and fairy tales as they would be if you actually had to live in them.<\/p>\n

Buy from Amazon.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Find this review on Sonderbooks<\/a> at: www.sonderbooks.com\/Teens\/my_fair_godmother.html<\/a><\/p>\n

Disclosure: I am an Amazon Affiliate, and will earn a small percentage if you order a book on Amazon after clicking through from my site.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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