"Small Persons With Wings" by Ellen Booraem ( Dial Books for Young Readers, $16.99)
"Imagination is part of life," 13-year-old Mellie Turpin says. "But also it sucks."
She is still trying to live down a kindergarten confession that resulted in her much-hated moniker Fairy Fat.
After admitting to classmates that a Small Person With Wings lived at her home young Mellie had her first dose of popularity. But when she told her winged friend Fidius that he would accompany her to school for share time, he disappeared in a fit of rage, leaving behind a ceramic figurine in his place. Her classmates were not impressed; years later, they won't let her forget.
To cope, Mellie eschews anything that requires imagination.
When the Turpins inherit her grandfather's inn, Mellie is certain that moving to a new town is the key to shedding Fairy Fat. But the family arrives to find the inn has fallen into serious disrepair. In fact, there are hundreds of little problems. And most of them have wings.
The Turpin family secret comes flying out of the bag, and a hunt through moldy mattresses and bourbon bottles for an ancient moonstone ring begins.
A bonging grandfather clock, a bewitching real estate agent, and the police chief and his young son who live next door add to the chaos of living with a tribe of Small Persons.
Charming Mellie, often hilarious and always delightful, grows into her own skin and finds friendship where she least expects, not by changing, but by being herself.
"Small Persons With Wings" is an effervescent, not-a-fairy tale that will engage young readers in a feisty frolic to finding their own grandeur.
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