Sparkling with magic, warmth and charm, this is the first book in the Philippa Fisher series from bestselling Emily Windsnap author Liz Kessler - full of friendship and fairies. Eleven-year-old Philippa Fisher is not happy. She's picked on at school, her parents are embarrassing, and worst of all, her best friend has just moved away. But it seems Philippa's luck is about to change when Daisy, the new girl at school, reveals that she is Philippa's fairy godmother - or godsister, since they are the same age. Daisy has been assigned to help Philippa by granting her three wishes. Unfortunately, Daisy is not too fond of working with humans, and she can't wait to get her mission over with. But as every wish seems to make Philippa's life worse rather than better, can the two girls team up to fix Philippa's world before it's too late? A traditional story in a thoroughly contemporary setting, PHILIPPA FISHER'S FAIRY GODSISTER touches on friendship, luck, finding out what you really want, and learning to handle the cards you are dealt.
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2 primary booksPhilippa Fisher is a 2-book series with 2 primary works first released in 2008 with contributions by Liz Kessler.
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Philippa Fisher is your average 11?? year old ??? her parents are embarrassing and she wishes she was popular. When her best friend moves away, she is so sad that she comes to the attention of the fairy godmothers. They assign Daisy, who???s never worked with humans before, to Philippa???s case. Daisy must grant Philippa three wishes, but Daisy also has her own lessons to learn about compassion if she wants to advance in fairy society.
I listened to the audiobook version of Philippa Fisher???s Fairy Godsister with my 9 year old daughter, Tali. We thought Philippa was charming and that the audiobook reader, Kate Reinders, did a wonderful job with all of the characters. In fact, the perfection of the reading was one of the best parts of my experience with this novel and I often found myself smiling at Ms. Reinders??? delightful voices.
As an adult reader, I thought Philippa Fisher???s Fairy Godsister was highly predictable and I am weary of the I-wish-I-was-popular and my-parents-are-so-weird themes. But Tali isn???t tired of these yet and the ???be yourself??? message comes across effectively, even if the characters??? sudden epiphanies and changes in attitude seemed unrealistic to me. Particularly well done was Philippa???s realization that the mean girl is popular because nobody wants to be on her bad side.
Overall, Philippa Fisher???s Fairy Godsister is a sweet, if predictable and unoriginal, story with a good lesson for young girls. I wouldn???t hesitate to recommend it to girls who enjoy these types of stories and I may decide to read further in this series if my daughter wants to read them with me.