How to Ditch your Fairy

Justine Larbalestier
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Format: Paperback - B format
Pages: 312
Price: AUD $17.95 inc. GST

At New Avalon, everyone has a personal fairy - some less desirable than others: Charlie's fairy ensures that she always has a car park, which seems to pale in comparison to Fiorenze's all-the-boys-like-you fairy. Hilarious, original, enchanting, this is urban teenage humour at its best

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'Rochelle gets a clothes-shopping fairy and is always well attired; I get a parking fairy and always smell faintly of petrol. How fair is that?'

For Charlie, having a parking fairy is worse than having nothing at all - especially since she's not old enough to drive. Enter The Plan: swap fairies with her archenemy! But Charlie discovers that you ought to be careful what you wish for - and she'll have to resort to extraordinary measures to set things right.

From the author of the acclaimed Magic or Madness trilogy, this is a delightful story of friendships, fairies, and figuring out how to make your own magic.

'Magical, wonderful, fantastical, and sharp as a knife.' - Jaclyn Moriarty

'A sparkling, made-of-awesome book with an acerbic, lovable and snortingly-funny heroine, plus fairies, sport, action and boys - HTDYF has it all!' - Lili Wilkinson

About Justine Larbalestier
Justine was born and raised in Sydney and is the author of the Magic or Madness trilogy, which won the 2007 Andre Norton Award and was shortlisted for the 2006 Ethel Turner Award. She is married to YA author Scott Westerfeld and they divide their time between Sydney and New York City. She wishes she had a clothes-shopping fairy instead of the procrastination fairy she battles with almost every day.

ISBN: 9781741757378
Australian Pub.: March 2009
Edition: 1
Publisher: ALLEN & UNWIN
Imprint: A & U CHILDREN
Subject: Young adult fiction
Edition Number: 1
Suitable for ages: 13-16
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