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The Fairy's Return
Children's fiction
The Fairy's Return
Book 6 of the The Princess Tales series
112 pages · First published 2002
A fairy’s meddling sets off another chain of comic consequences in the kingdom of Snettering-on-Snoakes. Familiar fairy-tale expectations about rewards, romance, and happily-ever-after prove unreliable once the people receiving magical help begin making their own choices. Princes, princesses, and fairies must untangle problems created as much by good intentions as by wickedness. The final Princess Tale continues Gail Carson Levine’s playful habit of taking a recognizable folktale structure and asking what happens after magic refuses to behave sensibly.
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Fairy-tale magic and curses; mild fantasy peril; romantic courtship and kissing-level affection.
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