Okay - the cover though. I don't think it matches the book at all. It makes Gilly the main character look all girly and she isn't really. A wand - she doesn't use one. Grr...and the cover makes the book look like it would only appeal to girls and I think with the right "selling" you could get boys to read it too.
Anyway - the book is about Gilly who is sent to Fairy Tale Reform School after being caught pickpocketing for the third time. She has a good reason - ever since the fairy god mother started making glass slippers her father's shoemaking business has gone downhill. FTRS is run by Ella's stepmother who has reformed. The other teachers include Snow White's stepmother, the wolf, and the sea witch. But, have they really reformed? And what about the villains who are still out there - Rumpelstiltskin, Rapunzel's captor, and the evil fairy from Sleeping Beauty?
Gilly and her friends set out to discover the truth and save the princesses.
I liked the book - it was a clever take on the fairy tales with some action and a little bit of a mystery. Gilly and her friends were fun and learned some leassons about themselves. There will be more books but the story itself ended satisfactorily. The cover though...
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