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Carregando... The fairy realmde Emily Rodda
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Pertence à sérieFairy Realm (1-6)
This collection from author Emily Rodda features the stories 'The Charm Bracelet', 'The Flower Fairies', and 'The Third Wish'. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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Google Books — Carregando... GênerosClassificação decimal de Dewey (CDD)823.914Literature English & Old English literatures English fiction Modern Period 1901-1999 1945-1999AvaliaçãoMédia:
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The Charm Bracelet
Great start to the series. Jessie is a very likable character - she's smart, brave and kind - for all she kind of loses it when being transported to a magical Realm with supposedly no way home. Because although panicked - she does rally and uses her practical, logical side to find out all the information she can and come up with a plan to fix things.
The Flower Fairies
Jessie is excited that her and her mum have finally made the move to live with her grandmother at Blue Moon but starting a new school is daunting and when the teacher asks for volunteers for the play, Jessie thinks it will be a good chance to fit in. Unfortunately volunteering for the part of the butterfly involves a solo dance - and Jessie can't dance. She's not sure what she's going to do but the Realm has problems of it's own and when Maybelle comes to recruit her - Jessie puts the dancing out of her mind and focuses on the more immediate issue. The Realm has too much magic now that Jessica restored the magic and the Griffins have taken into their head to guard everything in the Realm not just the Queen's treasures. I enjoyed Jessie's solution for the Griffins.
The Third Wish
This one was interesting, Rosemary (Jessie's mum) tries to protect Jessie from the knowledge that the bushfires are close to Blue Moon. She doesn't lie to her - Jessie is aware of the fires - but she doesn't inform her of the danger either and Jessie doesn't seem to recognise the stress and worry her mother is feeling. I found it an interesting direction to take the story in. I liked that Jessica explained the situation to Jessie and reminded her how brave and resilient she can be when given the chance. I think sometimes we don't give kids enough credit.
Upon realising the danger, Jessie asks her Granny if there's anything they can do - afterall - their garden has a secret garden entrance to a hidden magical realm - surely they can fix things with magic? And so begins a trip to the Under-Sea of the Realm to find a wish-stone. Or a magic fish.
Of course, it doesn't go as planned when Jessie finds that a being named Lorca has taken over the Under-Sea imprisoning fish and one poor mermaid, Coral, ever since Queen Jessica first left the Realm. I enjoyed getting to see other aspects of the Realm. I liked Ripple and the Magic Fish and I liked the moral lessons about the dangers of wishes and the risks the Magic Fish faced that were imparted.
The Last Fairy-Apple Tree
Queen Jessica aka Granny has been having flashes of Hidden Valley - the home to the Realm's gnomes and delicious fairy-apple trees. She's worried but having abdicated the throne, is unwilling to step in. To get around this, she sends Jessie! But first, she takes Jessie to the only fairy-apple tree in the mortal world - right next door and there they find Bilbert the Brave - a trapped gnome. This is my favourite book so far. I love gnomes! I was amused at the idea of garden gnomes being Realm gnomes that stayed too long and got caught by moonlight - turning to stone and never going home unless someone with a bit of magic rubs their heads.
Maybelle, Patrice and Giff all make appearances and Maybelle leads the gang to the Hidden Valley (because stone gnomes forget their way back). And on the way they meet the furrybears. Okay the furrybears sound hysterical. They catch lone travelers that wander into their territory so that they'll be told stories. Lol. I cracked up at that one. Who doesn't love a good story?
The Magic Key
I loved the last book because gnomes are awesome. But I'm pretty fond of rainbows and toadstools too so this was fantastic. Jessie is eagerly anticipating her birthday party until the day of the party she wakes up to find it's raining. Her party is supposed to be outdoors and now - it'll be ruined! Granny tells her not to worry, all will be well, but she's upset and moody. So Granny sends her off to count the toadstools and there begins her adventure. I love the idea of the toadstools housing a pixie village. The pixies were funny - I liked the name Littlebreeze.
I liked the parrot and the rainbow fairies.
"DEAR JESSIE, WE ARE SORY YOU GOT BLONE AWAY. HEER ARE YOUR GIFTIES AND ONE EXTRA FROM THE REALM FOKE. MAYBELLE SEZ DON'T WORRY. IT ONLY WERKS NEAR TOADSTOOLS. SEE YOU SOONE.
The Unicorn
This time in the Realm, evil is afoot. Both Jessie and her grandmother, the former Queen Jessica wake up one morning feeling dreadfully worried - they're not sure what's wrong - but they know that something is. But is the danger in the Realm? Or closer to home? They've just made a decision to head to the Realm when the phone calls come. Granny's friend Hazel has had an accident as in the hospital. And then Rosemary (Jessie's mum) is called into work to replace a nurse who also had an accident. It's left to Jessie to visit the Realm and find out what's going on.
But when she gets to the Realm - it's worse than she expected. Valda is back. She's been banished to the Outlands twice now - but with Queen Helena dealing with a threat to the hedge in the West and her Granny at the hospital it's up to Jessie to find the one thing Valda fears - a unicorn. I enjoyed this adventure. Jessie is brave and kind and unwilling to do anything but her best for the Realm and the mortal world. I liked that Irena Bins and her family are finally dealt with - they've been so mean for so long it was nice to see them get their just deserts.