Cute book that will keep 4-6 grade girls entertained.  It has a good underlying message under all the mishaps and glitter.

Funny. Laugh out loud. Thought it would be fluff but has great content. Happy surprise. 

Middle school is hard, but throw in a cranky fairy godmother that needs a lot of help repairing her wings to get back to her fairy duties  and your life is now doubly difficult. Top it off with a funny sounding last name (Unger-Ware) and you’ve encapsulated Lacy’s current middle school life.

As is the case with most books aimed for girls that deal with fairies, I started reading the book with a fair amount of trepidation, anticipating an overabundance of cuteness and sugary platitudes.

What I found instead was a relatable and really funny situation wth writing that wasn’t sugary but straightforward and true.

Pick it up and give it a try.

Lacey Ungar-Ware (what were her parents thinking?) has enough embarrassment in her life without running into a glittered poster and becoming covered with the stuff. Her parents run a restaurant called The Hungry Moose; Paige Harrington, new girl turned popular cheerleader calls her "underwear girl", and she doesn't think that cute Scott will ever look her way. When a fairy godmother, Katarina, meant to grant Paige's wish gets stuck in her hair and almost digested by her cat, Lacey has to find a way to help make Paige's wish come true, or none of Lacey's ever will. Since she is hoping to be made a student intern at the zoo, she takes lessons from the fair godmother and shows a little bit of magic. Paige wants to be the start of the school play, Cinderella, but her voice is horrible. A lot of work goes in to making Paige's wish come true, and in the process, Lacey realizes that Paige is a nice person whose life has been difficult.
Strengths: Girls like to read about embarrassing things happening to people, and since most of these things involve magic, they are even funnier and less threatening (Lacey gets followed by flocks of pigeons and pooped on at one point!). Lacey thinks Paige is a stereotypical cheerleader, but once she understands Paige's life, realizes that she's not. This was rather fun, and the cute illustrations are a nice touch.
Weaknesses: I wasn't completely convinced that Lacey would be able to do magic, and naming a main character Lacey Ungar-Ware-- there is a special level of Hell reserved for authors who do this! I did really like the book, though-- just wish that weren't the character's name!